Draiss gave her a level look, before holding out his hand as if offering to shake. "Hi, have you met me? I am Draiss Arcaniss, expert collector extraordinaire. And besides, it would probably be wise to adopt them, after all, I doubt I am the only one in my domain with bad dreams, and no sense making them a target. I am at war with things that don't think like we do, and living with one has been... strange.<br/><br/>And Jashah, I really wish things did happen without purpose, it would mean free will meant something."<br/><br/>He sighed and stared at the wall for a moment, his face darkening for a bit before he shook his head. "Sorry, zoned out for a bit. And I am telling you this to make sure you understand, but I think you already do. The more serious the situation, the more flippant I get. It is when I go from flippant to dead serious that things are... bad. Point in case, being at the 'trial' before I found out about how bad the Lurker War was."