"It is pretty convenient that every major power that would stand against the Khatun is off the board, huh?" 

Yuki strokes her chin with one hand and curls her ears, while the other pulls up the reins of the little Lynxogrif she's riding (you can tell from the stubby tail). She trots along next to Mikela, pointedly ignoring the squishing noises from Hazel pressed against her. Out of politeness to him, of course. He's clearly fine. 

"This does beg the question though, is SHE a major power or is she working for one? Miaou perhaps? Her shadows burned like fire, so that would be my guess. But it's kind of a two part problem, you know?" 

Mikela probably does not know, not having once been empowered by Starlight herself, or having stabbed any champions of any particular deities. Not a ton of shared experience there really. But Yuki does, and she's starting to see the shape of it. "Think of it this way. If the Khatun is, herself, some kind of empowered deity, then we're kinda screwed. The only thing we've got going for that is Inara and maaaybe Hazel there setting some kind of ground rules that can level the playing for us. But I think if we're fighting a deity, we need something divine to even make it possible to engage and that's a bit out of our hands. But..."

Yuki looks at Mikela now, and at Hazel. "Well, here's the but. I don't think we are, not that directly. Why try to set up her daughter for all this starlight crown nonsense if she could just empower a champion? Or at least why not cheat, right? But if she's just a badass, well, that's cool she sounds super tough, but I figure we can get like a whole team for that. I've got at least two snakegirls who, if they don't try to kill each other first, can field a really powerful team together. Now you. I'm betting even Olesya herself isn't super happy with her mom right about now, and while I did knock out the Rot Star's avatar, I wouldn't put it past one of the trees to at least make an appearance. The enemy of my enemy and all that."

"...Also" Yuki shrugs, thinks about materializing her axe, but doesn't have a good way to do it while riding, "...well, also, I'm trying to learn something a friend taught me, which I've only seen the Khatun and one maid knight pull off. So, maybe there's a way to get up to her level a little bit, if I can."

Yuki shrugs, gives Hazel a pat. "And if not, well, there's always the ultimate win of actually taming this guy and earning the crown of light. I don't think the Khatun can force that one, and I assume whoever wins will have the power to match her."