This is starting to get out of hand. Melanie side-steps around Aziraphale, placing herself between him and the god-king. "No fighting," she insists, frowning up at Illyria. "That means no threats, either." That wasn't a specific part of their agreement, but it might as well have been.

Taking a breath, she adds, "And I'm not a weapon, because I won't let anyone else use me to hurt people. That's why I'm here. Aziraphale offered to bring me here, but I chose." She might not entirely trust herself, and she is acutely aware of the threat she poses, but she's not a pawn.