Devaguea only needed to hear the monotone once to know that the merchant was suffering some sort of enchantment. Further questioning only confirmed the effect, and let him narrow it down to a Modify Memory spell, likely from the Lantern King itself.<br/><br/>Once they finished that, Devaguea revealed that he had noticed the merchant had some reactions that suggested that he was under a Modify Memory spell, and asked for permission to take steps to restore the memories so Devaguea could possibly find his family. He wasn't entirely sure what the spell WAS, but a disjunction would definitely get rid of it, and if that didn't work, he had enough gold to fund a single wish spell in his pack these days. Just because he could think of other ways to get the information didn't mean he wanted to wait that long.