She thinks about this. "Hermit would want to be left alone, and would understand why we want to be left alone. Death probably wants this over and done with as much as we do; that fits and I'll ask Naoki when I get the chance. Justice would also by its very nature be on our side until we eff up royal; what was done to us can't possibly be a useful definition of Just. Magician could go either way - her, Magician being female here is interesting, my training had a dood Magician."

Not merely 'dude' but exaggerated, drawled dooood.

"Sun... Sun's about hope, optimism, and the Truth. I'm inclined to believe your friend when they say he's decent. As decent as these things are. They are Ancient Ones by any useful definition, and my world probably has a file on them."