Valken turned his eyes towards the talking heads around him, by now he could distinguish each voice to their appropriate names and their scent told him their gender. There was an awkward pause after Cassandra asked what had happened with Ishmael and nova gave the spotlight to valken. 
"Sorry.." He started, "but after I pulled off the eliphas' helm, he got angry and grabbed hold of Ishmael. Then they simply disappeared. While...I can't physically SEE with my eyes very well, I knew that he had been teleported somewhere far off because both of their auras had suddenly disappeared with them, which is characteristic of a sudden removal..." He swallowed and cleared his throat as he continued ," my portals and teleportation are similar, but they are not the same...and it's because of that, I could not follow them... Both methods require that the traveler who initiates the act knows where they are going. Because eliphas knows where he should appear with Ishmael and I do not, there was no way I could possibly find them... Teleportation is much more instantaneous, where as..my portals are more as though I still need to move from point a to point b, it's just I'm making that trek much shorter...it's a little difficult to understand..but if you want me to elaborate more I can..further more...Ishmael may be a paladin but he is just one. I know it might sound mean spirited to say, but we cannot rely solely on him because of his power. All the same, we must pull our own weight especially now that he is gone...just because he is not here does not mean we can't accomplish our task. Even eliphas needs help with his mission and he would be nothing with out his armies. "