[It's mostly just Celeste. Depriving Eli of pets just might get him to ask for them, you see, and that'd be worth depriving himself of the frustrated face he made when getting them in the first place.]

And even without most of my own powers, I'd wager I'm still more sturdy than most here.

[You know, considering all the teens and idols.]

Or capable of leading you on a merry chase, at the very least... We ought to consider going to that other world, too, for a while, just in case.