Draiss had already gotten the other two 'quests' done, and cast about on the positive plane, searching for the energy signature that would reveal itself as a primal. Eventually locating one, he used a sending to request permission to meet it, and teleported in to the edge of its 'territory.' He had a hunch that if he absorbed the elemental, it should count as destroyed since it wasn't present any more, and he could then return to release it.