"Coward. He argues and then disappears like a scorned bully. We would have seen who the more powerful among us was, and I would have destroyed him utterly with my spells." "How dare he mess with the souls of mortals like they are food. Doesn't he know they are mortals, not morsels!?" "Well, nevertheless, now that the mongrel dog is gone, it seems there's more we have to deal with than just the god of death. I'm still not sure what. It smells worse even than the canine who barked and ran away".