"A greenhouse? That sounds fine," Xelloss answered generously. "But I'm afraid I'm still too new here to know the way. Please, lead on!"

Whatever was on the field, if anything, was nothing like the thing in the Sun Room. This was the source of that overwhelming air, Xelloss thought, and whatever else the place might hold in store tonight, it couldn't match the creature in the Sun Room for sheer magical, or at least non-corporeal, influence.

Which did not mean it could not still be quite dangerous to in his current form. A well-placed knife not spotted in time might eliminate this body... or a sword wielded by someone who really ought not need a sword to fight.