Mera sat with the 'princess' as they took in the stories about the city and the Usurpation.  She looked at Yifa when she was asked what could have stopped the Solars.  "Well, remember, there are only ever a small handful of Solars and Lunars that can exist in Creation at any given time.  It sounds substantial - a few hundred - but when you remember that Terrestrials are ones that can reproduce, and theoretically have no limit to their numbers..."  Yes, it probably took tens of thousands of Terrestrial deaths to accomplish the Usurpation, but that was nothing when you could always pop out more troops.  "Plus, there were more than them on hand."<br/><br/>She took a quiet tone.  "Most educated in Creation's history know that the Sidereal Exalted had something to do with the Usurpation, that they helped the overthrow.  No one knows<em>how</em>, just that they did."  Mera shrugged.  "If I had to guess, they probably exercised some powerful sorcery ritual or Charm or something like that to do it."  The Sidereal Exalted - other Celestials, like the Solars...they could stand on equal footing.  Potentially.