Aurelia turns to her guests, the water-women as well as the donkey.

"Guests of Aurelia, I offer you the choice, fight or hide. You are my guests and I took you here for your protection, so if you desire I shall dedicate a part of my Spanish Inquisition to ensure your safety (OOC, these will be my newest recruits, Voxel, Shandra, the trio of Vlobeths and mr Rayner, who I have all given a generic dagger off panel). However, if you have even modest fighting abilities, I shall guarantee you that under my guidance you shall rise above yourselves. If you decide to fight on our sides, I want you to go to my room and arm yourselves with the daggers you will find there."

"George, nearing this climax my mind wandered back to the start of this adventure and the help I received of Caspasian, member of the Trillionth Trans-Solar Host. I feel it'd be only fitting if I arm myself with a main weapon and a side arm connected to him or his fellow Host members..."