Natural aversion

"Why did you make that deal with them? You could have demanded much more and I didn't see much advantage for our side." Kalesi asked doubtfully.

"It's nothing very important. I don't want the Gods war to start yet and I needed them to retreat, but letting them go without demanding something would sound strange, so I put an absurd condition and then offered a more reasonable one for them to accept the withdrawal without many suspects."

I knew my former disciples would accept and that arrogant one would be forced to back down with the two of us working together." Illum explained with a shrug. He sat down in a chair next to hers as a cup of coffee floated from the kitchen into his hands.

"Hmm...I see. But what do you think of this war to come? What are the chances that humans will be able to defend themselves from the invasion?" She changed the subject after nodding her head in understanding.