"As you well know, we both come from relatively small pantheons. Even put together, we are fewer than the Greeks. It's a vulnerability that can't be ignored. However, you Celts have proven to be friends to me and the others in my group. And, while we do have a blood alliance in the making between our two groups..." Esther took a breath.

"I'd like to negotiate something a little more... formal in terms of an alliance."