"To secure a valuable investment, of course. The mindless monster from Abaddon, in hunting Kanerah, was standi

"To secure a valuable investment, of course. The mindless monster from Abaddon, in hunting Kanerah, was standing in my way – and I had to get rid of it. But there's more, of course – what kind of a devil makes plans without some sinister ulterier motive? I cannot hope to oppose Nethys, who has taken my girls under his wing. But I can drive them to break the god's conditions, and thus lose his patronage."