They are. They're all more than capable of handling anything that comes at them.

[But it's still better when they're together to watch each other's back.]

I still don't like it.

[For the record. Keith follows Takeru's gaze upwards. Yup. Sure is a long way to go. But he nods in full agreement.]

Me neither. I still don't know what to think of her in general. And the plague in general happened because we found something beyond her reach and control. We can't assume her magic will get us through.

[But now he circles back to what the other had said,] ...her kind? [There's a story there. It sounds like there's a story there.]