Draiss nodded, and gestured to the fortress. "And the most promising way of me finding more is to continue to try and probe that death trap, though not for a while. If nothing else, the shadow stalkers will be very good at retasking from one body to another, and will learn about situational awareness the hard way.<br/><br/>The only reason I specifically mentioned Balefire though was because, as you saw, that thing has its control refined to the point where I can only be envious. It can custom create a shape for it, and then it just fills that shape, while the current use is a ray or cylinder from the caster for us. That implies that it knows more about the substance, and we are just using it like a sledgehammer instead of a scalpel it could be used for. Several other high end spells are also on there, and my experiments into them will be to determine if we can match one in a slugging match with magic."<br/><br/>He paused, remembering Taint in his confines, and wondered if maybe he should try reabsorbing it. "And I have a fragment of myself I can talk with, though it is currently confined and has even poorer people skills than I do. Shocking, I know, but just goes to prove anything is possible."<em>Also, Bahamut, Hlal, Tamara, if you are interested, I can show you the twilight dragon since you are here already.</em><br/><br/>He stared at the display, as the entire fortress shifted about, sealing off the entrance that Draiss had created and the shadow stalkers had used, noting that the oversoul was simply listening, though he wasn't going to force it to interact if it didn't want to. He turned his attention back to the others, before smiling weakly. "So, I suspect that we are getting close to another incursion from the Beyonders, due to how the four known tainted who are actively working with them are acting, though how long between now and their final phase I can't say. I am trying to find more about them as well, though currently that involves wandering about and randomly poking things. Found a location where they have patsies make minor parts of their constructs, and am trying to use that to back track to other factories and track to the staging areas."<br/><br/>He stared at the display, before sighing and continuing. "Depending on what I find, I will attempt to confer with all of you first, but I have a hunch that my best option will be to hit them as hard and fast as possible. Which might be very messy. I will warn you if that is what I have to do, so you can get yours out of the way, if you have any there. They don't know that restraint is a word, and I won't be able to use it as effectively as I would wish."