[Laughter -broken but full and warm- slips from Anansi's lips, eyes turning away from Hermes again to take in the sight of the two mortals. Of course, these two are ever the wiser when it comes to affairs of mortality - it's their business to be. The three of them; Hermes, himself and Astaroth, are unused to being concerned with such things, and that amuses the spider. He looks as squarely as he can at Astaroth, breathing difficult especially around words.]

You have very wise minders, serpent sovereign. They know more about the matters of life and death that we give them credit for.