He laughed. "Of course I am nothing like them. I was raised in a completely different kind of home. But I am related, at least a half blood, so it pays to know what I can of my kyn. Even if I plan to be nothing like them. Expectations are a wonderful thing to take advantage of."<br/><br/>Devaguea frowned after talking with Fynnyntyss, and used his bond with Talia to request more information on the situation in Taldor, citing the gold dragon's concern about its stability. If necessary, he would authorize a long term deployment of a couple of advisors or companions to influence the situation. Probably Sydon and whomever volunteered, as there hadn't been much for them to do lately and they could afford them being gone for a couple of months.<br/><br/>Going to Amvaraen was a good idea, and getting the silver's impressions about the meetings was important. He did ask if there was time to mingle between the dragons, for new dragons to get contacts with a wider than normal group, or for personal questions. If it was just the eldest gathering to get ideas for their issues and to issue 'requests' to their younger golds, then he was not going to be very engaged in the discussions.<br/><br/>Once the time had arrived, everyone going and everyone interested got a telepathic bond cast on them, including Talia so she could talk with others than just Devaguea, and then the two left for Absolam. Amvarean had shifted to her orcish disguise, and Devaguea was in his usual reddish brown kobold form. Both looked like adventurers, so blended in effortlessly with the crowds moving through the streets, despite the high quality and quantity of their gear. As they spotted the tavern, Devaguea suddenly had a thought. "So, are your parents going to show up as well?"<br/><br/>Devaguea would let Amvarean get them through the bouncer, as he didn't know anything beyond the time, location, and topic, but they were both dragons, so it should get them through. He did wonder about the confused stink eye the bouncer was giving him, before realizing his disguise was<strong>reddish</strong>-brown scaled, and likely throwing all sorts of confusing signals. At least the artifact crown wasn't openly on his head, though he really couldn't do much about the fact it was hard bonded to him. Still, he planned to stay close to Amvarean and just take everything in. It was the first time he had seen other male dragons, and wanted to know how they acted; not that he planned to change his own behavior.