Of course they have and Phoenix should just let them get on with things.

"Betrayal, huh?" Oh gods, yeah. They all know what a tangled mess that has caused among the Kaori over the centuries. Alec included. "Simon mentioned this guy some time back. Shining Ones they call us? Me. Angels." Creatures like him or whatever.

The Fool had got Simon a little worked up by this Shining Ones thing.

"Not to be blasé , but there's always some kind of defence against everything isn't there?" Well, except Alec, Simon's Cenn, and the Arc. Oh, and most of the archangels and some of the Higher Powers... "I mean, most things."