Draiss turned around, and paused, looking at the half dragon with his usual half smile, before his eyes flicked up to the 'real' face and returning to the current face. Avi would suddenly find that Draiss was as close to panicking as he ever got, though perhaps panic was the wrong word.<em>I will not be a smartass. I will not be a smartass. I will not be a... oh, crap, sorry, opened the channel accidentally.</em><br/><br/>He gave the 'highest' metallic dragon god a half bow, more than most of the other gods had gotten, except his allies, before shrugging. "It wasn't really protecting, more looking out for. After all, not doing so is what a chromatic would do. And I am sure you would have, eventually. After the chromatics called off their dogs since the amusement value had faded.<em>But I think it is less her age, and more a strong desire to make her patron proud, and worried that she would fail.</em>"