"Huh?" Sometimes Didi forgot not everyone knew how it worked, and she blinked at him owlishly in utter confusion for a moment before catching the reference.

"Oh, right. That. I don't make the decisions. I like being there at the end, but it's really not up to me when the end is. That's -- someone else, in my world, at least."

... if he got her talking about the Kindly Ones, they might be here a very long time.