Devaguea watched his rearmored paladin effortlessly deal with the cat's initial charge, and then put it down with the help of the others, before surging forward to help Talia. As much as he wanted to just start blasting, he wanted the hermit alive if practical, though he would settle for a corpse if necessary. So he roared out a command. "Stand where you are, hermit! We just want to talk. Stalking us put us on edge."<br/><br/>He still couldn't get a good line on the hermit, even with Talia leading the way, but he could follow her, and ensure that she didn't get hurt by the hermit ambushing her.