I apparently have been away too long, she decided to herself with a sour glare. That Erik's gone and made himself a messiah, or people are seriously swaying to that. She smiled though and strolled away from her shadows. "Well, if he gets his rest and a proper meal, we'll be intertwined for hours and hours and hours," she purred at the madman, smile sharp as a knife. "And if we insist on talking about this in chess terms, losing a queen is tantamount for all but losing the game. And pawns are so much easier to sacrifice."