He stared at Verdelet as time stopped just after both of them tried to release their power, noting the power surge, immediately recognizing what it was. An expanding sphere of balefire, unlike his which was a controllable line.<br/><br/>He shook his head, feeling exhausted, and looked around, before nodding to himself. He took a deep breath, and tapped the natural energies of the plane to make the portal, not trusting his own reserves which felt 'overheated,' and created a portal directly home. It was a breach of the standard procedures, but he didn't have the energy to make the five required jumps. He stepped out of the portal into the portal room, and sighed in relief as power began flowing into him, helping to 'cool' his internal reserves. He hadn't expected the attack to do that, but it had been well within expected results as he wasn't dead from it. All in all, a good day, if an extremely exhausting one.<br/><br/>He stepped into the common room, and looked around, before collapsing at the nearest table, feeling even more exhausted now that the pain from his overused magic wasn't overwhelming him. He would sleep for a day after a good meal, and figuring out how long he had been gone.