Tick.<br/><br/>Verdelet frowns at him, clearly disappointed at his attempt at a bluff. "A good thing I will be leaving before that has a chance to take effect," she says, smiling softly. "Besides, do you really think I'm stupid enough to believe you'd sacrifice yourself, just to kill me?" She does bring around a pair of her hands, revealing a rather simple-looking, leather-bound tome. Of course, Draiss recognizes it, almost instantly, thanks to both the legends surrounding it, and the fact that it is the physical incarnation of one of his major domains: The Tome of All Knowledge, a book said to contain every piece of information that has been, is, or even will be, known, if the user knows how to ask the right questions. And, with a wicked grin on her face, the marilith flips the book open, and begins to read, at an extraordinary pace. "No!" Gammon shouts, as he throws himself forward to confront her, narrowly dodging her casually tossed Anniahlating Orb, without even looking up from the book.