[Daring Scylla]

Clancy watched Lina pack up. The more he heard about these powers, the less he wanted anything to do with them. If such "Powers" liked to cause trouble for Lina, why have anything to do with them at all?

"Can I ask a question?" he asked, hesitantly. Then he rushed on: "If you and your sisters are gods, then why do you have to do things for these Powers? I mean, what exactly are they?"

It sounded like something he didn't want to be stuck with, to him. But the fickle Finger of fate often liked to poke him in the eye, so he had to deal with whatever lot he was given. He adjusted his bag and prepared to follow Lina, still waiting for an answer.