"She was too weak to have avatars, so yes, it was likely the real one. Besides, my fortune cookie paper told me this was likely the attack to kill her for good. Were any of my avatars nearby?"<br/><br/>All his avatars were intact, and many were using rapid healing techniques to get back up to full steam, before heading out to the places most likely to have Verdelet swing by to ruin their day. She had to strike back at something, if only to convince herself that she wasn't backpedaling away from him, so while he doubted she would be stupid enough to personally attack somewhere that wasn't a domain, since that would turn every god against her for fear that they would be next, it wouldn't kill him to take precautions against it, at least for a while. He, however, was more interested in Harley's fragment of Svala's beyonder, hoping it had been harvested by his side. Verdelet had two fragments already, making her about a beyonder and a half, while he had two full beyonders, counting the Huntress, who looked battered but like she had had fun, and whatever Svala could pitch in.