"You attract strong allies," she admitted.<br/><br/>The women turn to Flute, who immediately puts on her full 'innocent-little-girl' act, to disturbing effectiveness.<br/><br/>"You<em>could</em>have chosen to not bed her," Night said, turning the annoyedness back on Caiaphas; he wasn't going to get off that easily, by shifting the blame.<br/><br/>Whisper didn't help matters, by saying in a voice not too quiet to be overheard, "I could kill them all for you, and prove myself as your true mate."