He nodded, and then resealed the mist back into the locket, before placing  the locket back into the previous belt pouch. He then rubbed his forehead, before dismissing the wards. "Avi, hold my stuff for me."<br/><br/>He handed the unique items over, and then dismissed his clothing, before suddenly cutting everyone off from him. He grimaced in pain, before suddenly surging his power through himself, purging any corruption that he might have gained from the deal. That done, he reformed his clothing and his walking staff, and released the isolation wards, before checking to ensure that he didn't have any lingering corruption. "Well, that answers that little mystery. Now give me a minute, I want to check something."<br/><br/>He sat down, and began doing a very complex, multiplanar scrying, looking for more conduits to the thing he had brushed against.