Agthalan practically giggled at the amount of chaos the arrival of his acquaintances had caused, to say nothing of the manner in which they had decided to greet one another. Why they hadn't even gone anywhere and already things were falling solidly into his domain. That aside, he addressed Anath first, turning his smile upon her as he tapped his claws against the table between them. Once, twice, thrice. Only then did he speak a word of greeting in return.

[b]"No."[/b]

And with that he was off again, shifting his attention over to Arterius in the blink of an eye.

"And of course not! Your pet is always welcome. As for what I've been doing, well it's rather close to what [i]we[/i] are going to be doing by the time we leave here. Unfortunately-"

He glared at Anath from out the corner of his eye. His only eye for the moment, that hideous crimson gash running down the middle of his face.

"Someone decided to ruin the surprise."

Shaking his head, he was on a new train of thought once again. Or perhaps it was an old one made new for the present circumstance. Who could say?

"As for what we're going to be doing dearest Qhiuleri, we'll be going on a little road trip, just the lot of us! I mean, we need to get away from the IRS somehow, and after all that time I spent locked up in that blasted tower I could really do with a vacation. So I thought we'd kill two birds with one stone! Besides, you love fire and war. There will definitely be a lot of it happening in my wake, that much I know for certain!"

Falling silent for a moment, he gave little more than a nod of acknowledgement to the god of shadows. Though their domains could be considered adjacent by many, the two of them shared very little in common in actual practice. His sister, however, he welcomed bombastically before finally settling down. Well, settling down in the sense that he elected to fiddle with a nearby salt shaker rather than the threads of fate. At least for the time being anyway.