War sighed. "She is. Uriel. Oh, that's backwards. Uriel is now female. And it's her who's the cunning bitch. I can't believe Pestilence was just using her... yes, he likes illness, of course he does, but not enough to be willing to fight you for it! Somehow, he - she - Uriel tricked him, and hurt him - presumably why he left."

She flexed her fingers anxiously. "You might as well know. Uriel's pregnant. So...either it's his, and she cast him off, once she'd used him to get a child... or she cheated on him."