The steady removal of red lyrium hasn't been the easiest or most relaxing process, to put it mildly. Well-aware of the toll the substance can take, and the additional vulnerability of mages, Inessa is content to aid from a distance, spending long hours aiding the removal process. In between shifts, she'll also assist with the future griffon roost, wanting Potato and the others as comfortable as possible when they arrive. But the majority of her attention must be on the removal of that unholy substance, and she attends to it with grim determination.

The affects of a too-thin Veil are ignored as much as possible; she reacts to floating objects and phantom screams alike with unshakable patience, at least in public. Garahel remains close, though, very protective and growling at things others can't see. When she tries to usher him somewhere less stressful, though, he refuses.

And then in those last days, the slave statues come to life. Inessa's eyes widen the sudden manifestation, one that can't be ignored with the workers' safety at stake. Quickly, she moves forward to encompass as many as she can in a Barrier spell before casting Pull of the Abyss, trying to draw as many of them as she can together and away from the workers. Garahel stands guard, ready to attack any statues not caught in her magic that approach.

"I could use a little help over here!"