She orders the watching Security to fail his Will save.

He doesn't have any idea what she's about to do, exactly.  Good.  This would be an amazingly good time to assassinate her, otherwise.  She does have any other defenses, but.

She doesn't cast additional protections on herself, that might give away, to anyone watching, how much of a good time this might be to attack.  Mostly, the way she can be safe is by doing this all in less than six seconds.

She has put up Cunning, Wisdom, Splendour, she's made it hurt as little as it possibly can.  Cheliax does not have that many major artifacts lying around in the first place, divine or otherwise, and the others would be too dangerous or revealing to test against Merrin -

With a convulsive sort of motion, Albe pulls off the fancy headgear she's wearing, puts it on Merrin's head for a second or two, and then pulls it off and drops it back onto her own head.

She orders the watching Security to fail his Will save, and turns her Detection on him.

He doesn't have any idea what she's about to do, exactly.  Good.  This would be an amazingly good time to assassinate her, otherwise.  She does have any other defenses, but.

She doesn't cast additional protections on herself, that might give away, to anyone watching, how much of a good time this might be to attack.  Mostly, the way she can be safe is by doing this all in less than six seconds.

She has put up Cunning, Wisdom, Splendour, she's made it hurt as little as it possibly can.  Cheliax does not have that many major artifacts lying around in the first place, divine or otherwise, and the others would be too dangerous or revealing to test against Merrin -

With a convulsive sort of motion, Albe pulls off the fancy headgear she's wearing, puts it on Merrin's head for a second or two, and then pulls it off and drops it back onto her own head.

She orders the watching Security to fail his Will save, and turns her Detection on him.

He doesn't have any idea what she's about to do, exactly.  Good.  This would be an amazingly good time to assassinate her, otherwise.

She doesn't cast additional protections on herself, that might give away, to anyone watching, how much of a good time this might be to attack.  Mostly, the way she can be safe is by doing this all in less than six seconds.

She has put up Cunning, Wisdom, Splendour, she's made it hurt as little as it possibly can.  Cheliax does not have that many major artifacts lying around in the first place, divine or otherwise, and the others would be too dangerous or revealing to test against Merrin -

With a convulsive sort of motion, Albe pulls off the fancy headgear she's wearing, puts it on Merrin's head for a second or two, and then pulls it off and drops it back onto her own head.

She orders the watching Security to fail his Will save, and turns her Detection on him.

He doesn't have any idea what she's about to do, is wondering about that.  Good.  This would be an amazingly good time to assassinate her, otherwise.

She doesn't cast additional protections on herself, that might give away, to anyone watching, how much of a good time this might be to attack.  Mostly, the way she can be safe is by doing this all in less than six seconds.

She has put up Cunning, Wisdom, Splendour, she's made it hurt as little as it possibly can.  Cheliax does not have that many major artifacts lying around in the first place, divine or otherwise, and the others would be too dangerous or revealing to test against Merrin -

With a convulsive sort of motion, Albe pulls off the fancy headgear she's wearing, puts it on Merrin's head for a second or two, and then pulls it off and drops it back onto her own head.