He was glad that he had communicated with Meridia with a spell rather than in person, as he knew dragonesses tended to be... snappish, quite literally. He did use a tenser's disk to send the four gems to her before Sapphire arrived.<br/><br/>He had the control leash from that Loud mage hidden in his sleeve, and with a simple flick of his wrist he could have it out and around Sapphire's neck in less than a heartbeat. However, he first just gave her a hug, summoned a cushion, and spent a few minutes just talking to her, since it had been a year since they had last met. He was curious as to how she was doing.<br/><br/>Once they were done catching up, though, he gave her one last hug, and then kissed her, before flicking his wrist and putting the collar around her neck. "Sorry Sapphire, but I need to know something. And your mother will keep this clean. I am going to ask you three questions once we get to her, you are to answer them truthfully and completely."<br/><br/>He then started down the path to the main room, and sent Aurelia an update.<em>Got Sapphire on that leash you got put on by that Loud magelord. Concerned she might be a security hole. I have three questions for her, and depending on the answers will possibly remove it once done with those. However, you are not to react regardless of the answers. We are going to be sane, civil, and intelligent about this, yes?</em>