Demitri himself had wandered off when Thelios stopped to speak to the other two creatures. So she lingered back from the group alone, that they might speak amongst themselves without being overheard, if they so chose.
She heard most of it anyway. The smaller one, it seemed, was the host, as he welcomed her master politely, though with little warmth and informed him of who had arrived, who was expected, and who had refused to join them. From what she could hear the names were not proper names, but some sort of code, a blend of nicknames and references. A few that had apparently opted to ignore the summons (as usual according to the cyclops) were Asta's daughters and "The favorites." She also heard Thelios's arched response, that this was because they were clearly smarter than he was. She d
