Luke gave a shrug. "I figured there was no sense in risking anyone else's ass unnecessarily. I'll not say no if anyone wants to join me .. " he turned towards Anou. "Except you. Sorry dude, but you're not ready for the things that are going to want to jump all over me. When you've got a bit more experience under your belt, you'll find that Fate has this weird balancing act going on. The biggest and baddest get sent against the biggest and baddest, and if something huge and horrible tries jumping on me, it might squash you without even noticing. That's why you need to stay back a bit for now."