…oof. And I thought Pete was one of the worst celestial beings I could meet...

[He shakes his head a little bit. Now he almost feels ridiculous. Almost. He still hates that gryphon.]

And I'm assuming that keeping the key is more or less the only way to keep this Uk'otoa at bay...possibly literally? Or is there actually something else that could keep the guy from coming to power, even if he gets his...tentacles on the key?

[It's weird to talk about sea beings with natural phrases.]