Sorry. She was sorry. Solomon shook his head, not exactly with disgust but something close to it. "Idiots. How is it that here are so many people here who think making deals with demonic beings are good ideas?"

He turned to Raine and demanded. "Is it just me, or is making deals with demonic beings not, in fact, a good idea? Because you and I might be the only ones who think so."

Despite his aggression, his ka's presence faded, until it wasn't much more than a blue glow around the shadows in his immediate vicinity. He wasn't shaken, but he was adrenalised. And disbelieving. How could so many purportedly not stupid people be such idiots?