"I would not turn you aside, but," he took a bowl from one of his warriors and motioned to the city, "Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca will be less then happy about such aid. They wish this to be for us three. But I'll keep you in mind should we require it. Or they get too busy trying to one up one another again. They can never quite make up their minds if they hate one another, or just want one another."

He tilted his head, "and?"