Max suddenly felt like an elementary school student who had been called to the principal's office. He was naturally a shy man, having unplanned attention put on him made him a little nervous. Max cleared his throat unnecessarily, then had to force himself to keep from hemming and hawing.

"Well, sir, honestly that's on me. I drew demonic attention to what was going on. I thought perhaps we could get a little information about what was going on, and maybe the extra bit of arcane force in that area might destabilize the spell. I didn't go so far as a Summoning, but I guess the other world was more interested than we could have thought. A shade manifested in the basement."