[of course it is. but his strength had always been in that knowledge he had over others. BREW could take his portals away from him and that was aggravating enough, but now that he knows it can also take away the few advantages he had left--

it isn't a weakness he wants any of his dubious allies privy to, and it's best that this dangerous line of conversation is dropped.

a fake smile, one demona's seen plenty of times before.] Being comforting doesn't suit you. Just tell me I'm being an idiot about this, and be done with it. [he sighs deeply.] But-- thank you.

Anyway, I assume you don't want to miss the chance to attend these missions, so perhaps we'll simply have to wait until they're over to start looking around.