Draiss watched the druid ride off, wondering what was the matter with her. The infection from the forest should have made her more likely to lash out, not thank him. Raising a finger, indicating for the others to wait, he cast a spell, and nearly a dozen and a half floating eyes appeared about the mage. Issuing his orders in draconic, they scattered, setting up a ring of four around each person, four hundred feet away from them, and were to report back if they saw anything hostile, or the person they were around got into trouble.<br/><br/><em>A bastardization of the spell</em>, he thought,<em>but the only way to conceal my omnipotence and still be able to protect the party.</em><br/><br/>Turning back to the others, he said, "When I went looking for Maura yesterday, I found her under attack from several assassin vines. I animated an nearby owlbear skeleton, which I then ordered into the vines, giving her time to get free. After she got clear, I ordered the skeleton to destroy the vines, and after five minutes, which I deemed enough time to finish the vines, given the amount of power I had fed into the spell, I dismissed it. She confronted me, and I suggested that we retire for the night, and that I would explain myself in the morning. She accepted. You just witnessed the end result of the process."<br/><br/>He shrugged, before mentally scanning the surroundings, looking for trouble, and glanced at the others, wondering what they thought of that information.