Another mentor-type sounds possible. We'd have twenty-six if we count hat guy, which would also make a team uneven. What country is he aligned with, anyway? Do you know?

( Clearly, Solomon's done his own snooping, so maybe he knows, and it'll save Mika the trip. (He just doesn't want to talk to people more than he absolutely has to...) )

It's possible, though. Every spirit pitching in ends up pulling in a roughly equal number of each... but only roughly.

( Hence why they have an extra in both cases. But that seems... a little lazy, to write it off as just that - at least, to Mika. He's not satisfied with that conclusion just yet. )

It wouldn't explain why he showed up so early, though. A failed attempt to summon a sage?