Thor's smirk softened into a smile.
“Seriously, though, how good is your sense of smell when you're in snake form?” I asked Viper.
“Not as good as your dragon nose,” he admitted. “I don't think I'd be able to find an individual scent but I can smell where the most snakes have gone and how fresh their trail is.”
“And you're limited by whatever form you choose so it will be the same for you,” Thor said to his father.
Odin nodded grudgingly.
“There must be a better way to find him,” Brahma grumbled. “We're gods and we're able to trace; that's one up on him. So, how do we use that advantage to find Adro?”
“What if we don't have to find Adro?” Artemis asked.
Everyone turned toward the Greek goddess—the Greekhuntressgoddess.
Artie grinned. “This guy is in two places at once, right? So, do we know where his other half is?”
Our stares went from Artemis to Odin. Odin started to smile.
“I'll take that as a yes,” I concluded. “But do we know anyone who knows Adroa? I'd rather not go barging into this guy's territory unannounced.”
“He's killing people, Vervain,” Morpheus snorted. “Do we really need to wait for an invite?”
“Actually—” Odin started.
“Actually, he's not killing people,” I cut Odin off. “Adroa's separated from his bad half. I think that gets him off the hook, doesn't it?”
“It depends,” Teharon mused. “If Adroa knows what his other half is doing and hasn't tried to stop him, then that makes him responsible.”
“Yes, but—” Odin tried again, but I was on a roll.
“Sure,” I agreed with Teharon. “Even if he couldn't go after Adro, he could at least tell someone in his pantheon and they could attempt it. But maybe he's done that. Maybe they failed. We don't know anything beyond what Adro has done.”
“And we aren't going to know unless we talk to Adroa,” Sarasvati pointed out. “I vote for going in.”
Several of the others nodded in agreement.
“We're not even going to try to contact him first? Maybe we could reach out to the other gods in his pantheon,” I suggested.
“Vervain, heisthe other gods in his pantheon,” Odin said dryly.
“Huh?”
“The Lugbara believe in Adroa, who split himself in two. After he was divided, Adro created the Adroanzi. That's it for their entire pantheon,” Odin explained.
“Wow. Okay. I was about to say that it's a small pantheon but then I remembered how many snakes we saw the other night.”
“Like the Angels with my father and Jerry,” Azrael noted.
“Snake angels.” I nodded. “Sure. Why not?”
“They're barred from the God Realm so I think that would make them snake demons,” Morpheus argued.
“Demons are a type of angel,” I shot back. “And Hell is in the God Realm.”
“Good point,” Morph admitted.
“So, we're breaking into Lugbara Heaven?” Torrent asked eagerly.
