"Indeed, Mistress, I can teleport when and where I please, as well as travel through the ethereal plane."  Mara nodded politely as she answered the question put to her.  "Should you wish me to deliver messages for you, I can do so quickly and securely, as needed."<br/><br/>There was a brief shout from the mad merfolk prince, and then, before the Lilitu could react, she felt Jerion's mind touching her own.  A link was quickly forged, a connection established between the two, and before she knew it, there was a sudden cacophony of voices echoing within her head.  The prince, it seemed, had been talking about making her a part of his little collective, when he was speaking to her earlier, and from the sounds of things, there were at least eight others hooked in as well, assorted personnel and nobility from throughout the castle.  Some offered simple greetings, others were insulting, some complimentary, some attempted to scare her with the implications of what could be done to her mind over such an invasive psionic link...  Malcanthet's tits, what had she just gotten herself into?<br/><br/>On the bright side, it seemed that the link at least worked like her innate telepathy when it came to communication.  Her thoughts would be her own unless she chose to broadcast them, or unless the mad prince had the power to read minds on his own.  Even if he did, she would likely still get some chance to resist that sort of power, so at least she would still be able to carry on with her primary mission.  She wouldn't have to run back to the fallen Solar Malkizid with her tentacles between her legs, begging for help in removing the link from her mind.<br/><br/>And then came a rather intriguing distraction, in the form of some noble or other, a certain 'Lord Calovis Le’Quella-Durothil'.  Mara's ears were perceptive enough to pick out the name easily enough, but as for the man's rank and overall status...  She had nothing.  Beyond the basic religious knowledge needed for her to pretend to be a priest or priestess in pretty much any temple in existence, she had no real knowledge of local politics or influential figures.  As such, she would have to see what she could pick up from Eisheth's meeting with the man.<br/><br/>Hopefully, this would prove to be fairly interesting...