He was carrying the reformed crystal hammer, though he had just added another couple of metal bands around the crystal, and attached the handle to those. It made removing them later that much easier.<br/><br/>He was lost in his thoughts, but still reacted to the shadow out of reflex, bringing the hammer to a guard position before he could identify it. He sighed, and rubbed his face. "Depends on which part you are talking about. Having two more gorgeous freeloaders for Blossom to deal with? About a six. The actual political fallout from this debacle now that we have a work around? Somewhere between a two and four. Assuming everything works as intended. Me actually giving into my urge to punt the bodyguard? Probably a 'face down the SUMMER Queen,' which would be worse than the Winter Queen cause the Winter Queen would likely just kill me and be done with it. Eventually.<br/><br/>And thank you for making the trip back so soon."<br/><br/>He gave her a hug, before heading to the house. "Heh, did you know they thought blues were 'good' aligned dragons? I nearly laughed at that. Apparently that you might be an exception rather than the rule never occurred to them."