Devaguea frowned, before slowly nodding. When dealing with neutrals versus evil, he knew exactly which side he would pick. He told her that he and his would help, before dismissing the archon, and returned to the group. "Bad news, there is a report of xills camped out around the monolith. Evil earth outsiders that plant their young in other sentients. We need to clear them out before I can get closer."<br/><br/>Naturally, that set off a series of questions about who had reported the xills, which led to him spilling the rest of the story. Either way, the group wasn't planning on sleeping with the outsiders nearby, so he put a light spell on Cynthia's lance, so she could do her usual tactics, while the others would all stay together. He did warn that he hadn't gotten close enough to actually examine the monolith, so they would have to be careful in case it did... whatever it had done to the cartographers.