One day, while Telriana is out in the fields casting her daily Plant Growth spells, the eighth-circle wizard who's been invisibly and undetectably standing in front of her for the past several minutes is suddenly no longer invisible. He appears ethnically Chelish and has a very fancy headband, although his clothing is somewhat less doompunk than high-level Chelish wizards usually prefer.

"I apologize for startling you," he says mildly. "I merely needed to speak to you without your employer finding out immediately. It will go better for both of us, that way."