Desmond managed to lower the field by hitting things, not being bothered to read instructions or knowing how to carry them out. He also enjoyed breaking technology, bringing things back to the pre-technological era that he so wished for again. He came back and looked at the mage, "Now, are you going to come quietly, or am I going to have to come over there? If I come over there, or you try something tricksy, I'll tear you limb from limb and eat your head and torso last, so you get to watch me eat you."