Hmm. It would have been plausible, if she hadn't seen that wordless encounter in the doorway. "A powerful god tried to make a plaything of Marcella. Hecate mislikes such things, and this time it was done in her name. You needn't be concerned about her looking for something in return." And then, without missing a step, she asked offhandedly, "So Apollo is the first god you've killed, then?"