Some sacrifices are easier than others

[thefireofasaint]

There was at least two things John had learned from this experience, and those two things were that lambs were surprisingly noisy; and most household kitchen knives really are just not sharp enough

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[mercurialnature]

And, 'lo!, there is Hermes!

"You rang?"

[thefireofasaint]

"Hi. Yeah, sorta. Hope you don't mind. I had a question."

John sticks his hands in his pockets and is totally staring at Hermes all bug-under-a-microscope like. Because now he's thinking about gods in a different way. (No, not that way.)

[mercurialnature]

"Ask away. You made the offering, I'm all yours."

Mmm, lambs. Lambs make Hermes a power-tipsy and stoned happy god.

[thefireofasaint]

His smile is sort of an apologetic oh-I-don't-think-you'll-mean-that-after-this type deal, but he nods and gets on with it.

"There's a ritual we can perform to take away Walter's power. We have all the requirements, except that doing this will more than likely kill Henry. For his role, he needs to be open -- spiritually, I guess -- to a certain god, but like I said. It's going to mess him up. Last time he ended up with the portals, and he was lucky."

John pauses, vaguely apologetic. But he's not as nice as Henry, so he goes on. "But there's no one else. We were wondering if there was a way to protect Henry from the backlash."