"Then you go and be findin' me a Witch and tell her that old Cybele be huntin' for them," the Witch said in return. The grin on her face told her that she was only half joking, to a point. She knew that this child wouldn't be foolish enough to approach a Witch.

Beyond that, she had enough faith that Shibusen would be able to figure out the emitter on their own, even if they were blundering their way around it. She may have been allied with them, but there were some 'favours' she had no interest in participating in.