Yes, it may shut them up for a short time, Hecate thought - but it was more likely that they'd erupt from it furious and vengeful, rather than cowed. She sighed, sinking back into the seat, letting it take the weight of her weary bones. "He would be safer as a dog," she said, thinking aloud. "I don't know yet - there's more thinking to be done, when I'm a little more myself."