“You can make yourselves invisible?” I asked with a look of amazement at my fiance.
“It comes in handy for a lot of things,” Re said with a sensual smile.
“I swear to... I just swear; if you spy on me when you're invisible, I will unman you—in a very old-school way.”
“Old school?” Re asked.
“With a pair of scissors,” I said.
Re winced. “That's a bit extreme.”
“It's a threat; they're supposed to leave an impression,” I pointed out.
“Color me impressed,” Re muttered. “And I had no intentions of spying on you; I was implying that we could have sex in public without anyone knowing.”
“Oh.” I blinked and then blushed. “But I can't turn myself invisible.”
“You don't have to be.” Re grinned mischievously. “You just need to wear some loose clothing.”
I thought about it and said, “I can't imagine how that could happen without me looking obscene and crazy.”
“But I would make sure that you didn't care,” he promised.
“Nope; not happening.”
Pan started scribbling again while Re pouted.
“Anyway,” Horus drew out the word. “How do we catch the Aztec and how do... we...” Horus began to smile at me. “I knew there was a reason I wanted you to join us. It must have been my subconscious at work.”
“She's not bound by our magic,” Thor said. “Yes; I thought that was your reasoning.”
“No!” Re's voice cracked out like a whip. “You said that you'd protect her. You can't do that if she's to be the assassin.”
“I'm going to be an assassin?” I asked with wide eyes.
“No, La-la; you're not.” Re stood. “We're leaving.”
“Re, please just hear us out,” Thor said. “Sit down; give us five minutes.”
“Five minutes,” Re huffed as he sat.
“Vervain can cast a spell onto a weapon that one of us can use against Huitzilopochtli,” Thor said. “The human magic will literally give us the edge we need to kill him.”
“All right; that's acceptable,” Re agreed grudgingly.
“Why does my magic have more power than yours?” I asked.
“It's not that it has more power,” Brahma said. “It's that it's the source of our power. We accepted offerings of energy through blood and that created a pact with humans. We look a certain way and have certain abilities because human belief has altered us.”
“You take their blood, and they get the right to change your appearance?” I asked.
“Among other things.” Brahma nodded. “But my point is; the magic we possess came from humans. We then changed it into god magic; this magic—although, different in each individual god—is the same at its roots. When a god tries to kill another god, the magic inside them rebels. It's like trying to commit suicide; it can be done, but it's difficult.”
“Unless you're insane,” Thor said with a grimace. “Then it gets easier.”
“But I'm different?” I asked.
“You are the source, and you're also a witch,” Brahma said. You are the mountaintop that replenishes our streams; you can simply cut us off without issue.”
