The party had just gone to Sharess's Caress, sneaking around and chatting with some of its occupants. There was a night in the mountainpass where Voss had come to Lae'zel about Orpheus and to meet him here.

After jumping on a few rooves and well, looking upon a ladder to climb, the party made it to Raphael in his human form, and Voss who made a hasty exit. Raphael had silenced the warmth of the Illithid in your head, which at first put you in alarm. It was quiet...

Then came the devil making an offer, to which you refused for now. The moment the party was kicked out by Raphael's magical force, the Emperor snaps back in your mind. "There you are. I thought i'd lost you— something was blocking me from hearing your thoughts."