She was apparently talking to the empty air, as Draiss had already cast his SEP spell, and was going to simply follow along behind her. He dropped it long enough to give her a roguish grin and an encouraging wink, before reasserting his spell, and began following. "You need to calm down, you are being given an honor, and your sister's sacrifice is so that you can earn more glory in this one's name. Or at least, that is what they will be looking for. I am not going to speak any more, not until I have gotten the items needed, so you just need to calm and move forward."<br/><br/>He was planning on scaling the sides of the ziggurat, and getting into the gardens that way.