"Scared, Devion?" A woman's voice said lightly.

Devion looked over to see Kadiya looking as beautiful as ever. She wore white robes with a gold and blue trim shaped around her delicate features. Her hair was long and exceptionally curly and few had a face that rivaled hers. Devion had always enjoyed looking at Kadiya for obvious reasons.

"Of course not" Devion said as that familiar smile broadened his face. Devion had a huge smile that Kadiya secretly admired. "After all, Raije is going with us."

Kadiya looked at him and raised her eyebrows as she shrugged.

Devion looked surprised. "Oh come on! It's Raije! The God of War!? You've seen him in action, right? The guy is an absolute MONSTER! I have no intention of doing anything while we are there except to maybe go to a pub and get involved in some of the mortal excitement there."

"That's not our orders." Kadiya said in protest.

Devion rolled his eyes. "Our orders are to assassinate Malachive. Yes, I know. I heard the speech. It bored me. Here is my plan. We all go down, I get ale. Raije goes to war. Raije kills everyone. I finish my ale, maybe I visit a few of my favorite people and make a few new giants, if you know what I am saying", Devion pauses as he winks at Kadiya who in return rolls her eyes, "and then we come home. You should go with me! I know a great place in New Thalos!"

"And leave Raije to do all the dirty work himself?" Kadiya asks.

Devion raises his voice almost to an argumentative tone "You've met Raije! He won't even notice. The guy is salivating at the thought of getting to wipe out a God as it is. Why take away his fun? Besides, you hate war and violence and all that."

"Yes, and I hate it enough to go do this so that our entire world won't have war in every single corner of it", Kadiya responded. "This is not some cheap excuse to go grab some ale and mingle with the mortals; this is about stopping devastation before it occurs. This is no joke, Devion, this is serious." Kadiya began to walk away from Devion as she was already disgusted with his attitude concerning the mission.

"Alright Kadiya, lookwaitjust wait." Devion's expression changed to a serious one. "Look, I was just asked to murder my brother, ok? Can you even imagine if that were asked of you? That's not easy for me. I know I joke around a lot. Hell, I am labeled the famous 'God of Mischief' aren't I? You try living up to that! I have to make appearances, cause some trouble, swap married people out of their beds in the middle of the night..."

Kadiya giggled and said cautiously. "Oh my. Have you really done that?" She stood half smiling, half disgusted.

Devion smiled and paused. "Never let it be said that the Gods of Algoron don't have a sense of humor. After all, wasn't it Kwainin who stationed his Balanx behind that waterfall in Althainia?"

Kadiya laughed. "I highly doubt it" she replied.

Devion smiled. "Well, that was the word on the streets of Althainia, any way. I have no idea how that rumor started, of course."

Kadiya laughed again. "I just bet you don't."

Devion smiled as he looked at Kadiya and then, once again, he became serious. "Please, don't take me for all of the hype. This will not be easy on me, and I'd just like to have some fun before we get started. Give me one day?" Kadiya studied his face and smiled. "I'll never trust you, Devion, God of Mischief. But one day of fun you shall have, but under two conditions."

"Name them" Devion said.

"One, you can't injure any one" Kadiya said only to be interrupted by Devion.

"Done! And two?"

"Two, I get to go with you. Someone needs to keep an eye on you" Kadiya said with a smile.

Devion smiled. "Shall we then? Raije can catch up, I'll send word to him where we shall meet at."

Kadiya nodded and then two vanished from the room.