Devaguea was... very clearly not mentally present during the entire trip back. Any questions or attempts to involve him would be rewarded with a monosyllabic grunt. While he kept up with the party, it took Sak'bas finally telling him to switch to kobold and placing him on her back to keep him from wandering off as he just kept moving. Even someone pointing out that they finally had found a Mage's Crossbow, even a radically improved one, didn't engage Devaguea.<br/><br/>It wasn't until he woke up in his room that he finally snapped back to reality, wrapped around an exhausted Sak'bas. He gave her a hug of thanks, before not moving for a bit, just enjoying her presence.<br/><br/>It took a couple days for him to fully break out of his funk, but he was no longer lost to the world. Once he was fully caught up, he put together the group heading back to Sak'bas' home, though it be less of a combat group than the normal composition. He was planning to take Allison, Sarianna, Maegar, and Anke with him and Sak'bas, a nice mix of martial and holy to help facilitate negotiations.