It helped to have someone else be as outraged and flabbergasted as Freyja was. She couldn't exactly explain to Jothi and Meredith who they were going up against, and - as usual - the attentions of her brother were exactly what she needed.
She made a sound of appreciation at his hands and turned her head to the side, enough so that she could reach his fingers and kiss them. "I want to take you to bed right now," she said in a petulant tone, "but I'm too distracted and upset to enjoy myself. That's Jothi's fault as well!" Mentally, Freyja twisted the curse on Jothi a little harder.