Efreet can't be distracted into arguing with himself.

[Yuan glances pointedly back.]

My second can handle many of the Renegades' operations long enough. And for the first, at least, it behooves both of us to actually speak with Undine. The rest of the pacts are a different matter.

[Kratos asked for his help. Yuan is getting involved. Kratos can deal with that. He shakes his head at the last from Kratos, though.]

It is. But we are not them. Isn't that the point?

[He gestures wide with one arm, encompassing the group. They are young and determined, and despite some of the accidental mirroring, not the seraphim. Not in the slightest.]

If they will be the ones responsible for the future of these worlds, then we must be prepared to trust them with it.

[Also, there's something of an imbalance in their levels of power, and Yuan is not convinced Undine would temper herself if a four-millennia-old lightning specialist were involved in the fight.]

[Sheena looks faintly nauseous, but rallies anyway.]

Why don't-- why don't we let Undine decide. The spirits are as much a part of this world as anyone, right?