If the holo had just stayed where it was, it might not have worked. But just as Zelgadis is casting his spell, the purple man starts drifting deeper into the forest. The more goats that follow it, the faster it moves, until the whole flock is thundering after it.

Devero grins as Zelgadis joins him, touching one side of the visor he's wearing and clearing the formerly-opaque front screen. "No problem," he says. His eyes unfocus as looks into his HUD again, hands moving briefly as he sets the holo-projecting drone in the middle of the purple version of himself to auopilot.

He focuses back on Zelgadis. "That'll keep them occupied for a while, I think," he says. "You all right?"