"Anti-goddess tools can be disguised as anything--or didn't you know that?" Skuld retorted. She didn't see any rings on him, and she'd never heard of one that was animate (she wasn't discounting the possibility that he was a construct of some kind), but she wasn't about to let anyone get the better of her.

Scarlet just glared; she and Skuld were getting a little worried, but they were not going to show it. Even with just magic at their disposal, they had the upper hand right now, and it probably wouldn't be too hard to keep it that way.

Our weakest is still better than their strongest, she said, in response to how Skuld's anxiety was still creeping up. We'll keep things under control no matter how long it takes the others to get here.

She nodded, not taking her eyes off their opponents, but her angel's words made her smirk. Yeah--really, who could stand up against them?