War smirked. "I suppose "useful" is one way of putting it..."

She thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, I think I might have a better plan. Isn't he rather attached to some tentacle thing he's got down in the basement?"

She chose to ignore the god's last comment, and made up her mind to ask someone else what was going on. He clearly wasn't going to talk about it, but she'd be damned if she was going to lose a friend because of something that wasn't a fight.