Devaguea was surprised at the spell that seemed to be responsible for the attacks, but didn't bother mentioning to anyone other than the casters. It was a curiosity to them, and wouldn't help the people effected.<br/><br/>Then the night passed without incident, and the awake watchers only got more and more tense the longer the night lasted. Then dawn broke, and everyone relaxed, confused but relieved, assuming someone had at least deterred the monstrosity that was assaulting the capital.<br/><br/>No one guessed who was responsible, not even Devaguea, and she made quite a killing on a bet that had been going for less than two hours among the sixty guards in or near the castle, earning seventy silver and two gold from the betting pools. Devaguea was very impressed with his 'pacifist' healer, though he did quickly realize she was distraught. So he cancelled the morning meetings, and spent the morning just talking with her in one of the gardens, listening for the most part, and debating the point of a healer, if prevention was something they should strive for, and if killing was something they should do.<br/><br/>After that, he winced at the thought of higher than expected casualties, noting that there had only been a couple dozen giants, but they had lost nearly six dozen men to them. Devaguea frowned at the report, something about it striking him as odd, but simply added a note to ensure the guard were proficient in fighting in forests before signing off on the report and handing it to a scribe to duplicate and distribute. After that, the feather was added to the collection they were making of First world magic artifacts, knowing that Tina had been requested to check the giants for a similar artifact.