Dmitri shrugged. "I don't really know anything about the staff. But," he gently placed his hand on the staff, too. "I was really asking where in your kingdom can we let go. Do we let go right when we pass the gates? Or do we have to get to the palace? And if we have to get to the palace, is it right when we enter the palace, or do we have to go to, like, the sacred place in the palace?" Dmitri took a deep breath and blew it out really quickly. "I understand what you mean about balance and all that, though," he said with a smile.