He was impressed in spite of himself, not aware there were substances that would resist magic that well. "Ah, so clearly it had to be us, rather than someone who would rather the lord remain independent, and thought that aligning with one or the other would demean him? After all, as an independent Fae, he can deal with both sides as he sees fit, but once he picks a side, he wouldn't have that luxury any more."<br/><br/>All crap of course, but he was doing his job of running interference for the other two, though he figured it was possible one of the locals would be less than amused at the lord picking a side.