'<span style="font-style: italic">Is that so? Very well, then.</span>' the creature replied, the pod rotating so it fully faced him. '<span style="font-style: italic">Lead the way.</span>' it told the swordsman, eyes flashing briefly as it began gathering it's power. A faint glowing aura of psionic energy appeared around it's body, and the air around the pod began to shimmer slightly for no discernable reason, also a result of it's gathering power.