Draiss stared at the creature, before shrugging and glancing back at his hole. "I kinda made my own entrance. So we didn't encounter anything else."<br/><br/>He did request the two elite death squads that served as his personal honor guard, and they informed him that they would be arriving presently, in general combat configuration. He had them drop and hold on the surface, and to bring one of the survey teams behind them, this plane was likely a treasure trove of relics, ruins, and lost knowledge.<br/><br/>He glanced around the room they were in, before stepping forward, a bit closer to the soul engine, and gently prodding it with his mind, trying to get a feel for what it did, its purpose, and what the intended result for it was.