He nodded, making a few adjustments to that village that she indicated, and then changed the map of the other villages to include elevation, before tweaking those. He spent a few more minutes, before turning and bowing to Ama, before his hand slide out, deceptively fast for all that it seemed to move with all the speed of a falling leaf. He brought the back of her hand up to his lips, and kissed it gently, before erasing the plans, having already committed it to memory. "My thanks for the help, my lady ally. And isn't that what makes this so much fun, all the little intricacies coming together, with everyone's quirks, and turning an impulsive idea into a masterpiece? We should do this again some time, though I am loathe to think of such a beautiful woman in such an abhorrent line of work. I will keep the dragon in mind, and at very least contact them, even if I have no use for them in this talk.<br/><br/>And as much as I would love to play further with you, I have a very unhappy familiar and wife to go and reassure that I haven't become a complete monster. After all, I am giving the hostages an easy way out. All I want to do is talk, and if she agrees to just do that, no harm done further. If harm does befall them, it will be because of her choice, not Ours."<br/><br/>He released her hand after another kiss, before standing up, and stretching, popping his back and then carefully portalling the devices out to tunneling drones, which would begin placing them in the desired spots. He then sent the kobold shaman a dream, one of the kobolds living in an area filled with gems, metals, and stones, and with powerful magicks, enough to hold their own against the soft skins, without even letting their lord know that softskins were trying to get to their hoard. That done, he bowed to Ama if she was still there, and left to go find Vorela, and make sure she knew he wasn't going completely power mad.