He already knew he was behind the Pathfinders, which was why he was so concerned about them. If they had bothered to notify him, explain what they needed the damn artifact for, he wouldn't be so upset about them just wandering about. But they hadn't, so he was having to treat them as an unaffiliated foreign intelligence service trying to get something out of his lands. He wasn't entirely sure if the few Pathfinder Chronicle Volumes were real or just counterfeits, but the themes and mistakes in them were similar enough for him to be concerned.<br/><br/>So Devageua was forced to act in competition with them even as Anke was allowed to go and ask the Pathfinders for more information their current goals and intentions.<br/><br/>So when Nyrissa didn't immediately indicate that the one fey was lying, sorry misrepresenting facts, he got what information he could, before leaving with Nyrissa. After a moment of contemplation as the two left, he glanced at Nyrissa, "So, thoughts on just you, me and whomever you want to go and check out that ruin?"