"I agree with you on that much. Even if you were to send away whatever you summoned, could you guarantee it wouldn't return of its own accord later? Some entities don't care to be called upon. They might hold a grudge."
There, Michael speaks from personal experience, having on one occasion been trapped in a circle of holy flame, handcuffed, and dragged to the Winchester's bunker. He hadn't appreciated it, and he'd nearly wrung the life out of Castiel for it. In the end, the news they'd brought him had been worth more than the insult of his capture. They were lucky that Michael isn't the vengeful type.
The gods of Abraxas, though—who knows? At the last ritual by the ocean, Solvunn's mages had said it was best not to target any specific god with their offerings, lest they offend others. Their old gods might be as jealous and capricious as any of the pagan gods Michael knows of.
"Do you have a means of banishing a deity?" he asks, a shade of genuine curiosity in his expression as he glances away from the board, towards Istredd. An opportunity to test it might present itself before they ever get around to summoning anything.
"You might also try reaching out to the gods before you try dragging them to you. Prayer, the magic writing. Perhaps some of the other Summoned know other means of contacting the gods of their worlds, if Kyle's theory is true."
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There, Michael speaks from personal experience, having on one occasion been trapped in a circle of holy flame, handcuffed, and dragged to the Winchester's bunker. He hadn't appreciated it, and he'd nearly wrung the life out of Castiel for it. In the end, the news they'd brought him had been worth more than the insult of his capture. They were lucky that Michael isn't the vengeful type.
The gods of Abraxas, though—who knows? At the last ritual by the ocean, Solvunn's mages had said it was best not to target any specific god with their offerings, lest they offend others. Their old gods might be as jealous and capricious as any of the pagan gods Michael knows of.
"Do you have a means of banishing a deity?" he asks, a shade of genuine curiosity in his expression as he glances away from the board, towards Istredd. An opportunity to test it might present itself before they ever get around to summoning anything.
"You might also try reaching out to the gods before you try dragging them to you. Prayer, the magic writing. Perhaps some of the other Summoned know other means of contacting the gods of their worlds, if Kyle's theory is true."