Thaddious nods. "That's why when I stepped in to help you earlier, Evernight helped me..." He slowly begins to pace back and forth across the room. "The other four, even though they can be annoying, are generally on my side. Two of them still hate me, but don't have any choice other than to help me...." He looks at Nozomi. "The real problem of it all is....Evernight is trying to obtain the power of Death. And if he does that, then there's really nothing I can do to stop him."