"Kammy, shut the hell up. She was a good friend when I was mortal, but that doesn't mean we fucked. Now let me concentrate, or would you like to volunteer to get tainted like she is, constantly hearing the demands and commands of a chaos entity? Because some of my wards here are helping her, but I have to figure out which of several hundreds are the best ones."<br/><br/>That said, he sent Niara a thought, explaining how the 'corruption' was currently working, and warning her that he was going to be toying with his various wards for a few minutes to get a reaction. He offered to put up an anti-magic shield around her, to help her determine which were her thoughts, before asking, almost as an after thought, what the bees were for.