"And shall I keep to your shadow then? Easiest way to keep together, after all." He seems pleased that the gem is distinctly offensive; he'd put his best effort into making it thus! Just a great deal of foul feelings and energy infused into the unassuming soul gem. Because if there's one thing that Naugus has his finger on the pulse of, it's bad feels.

"And if they think to pull you away and interrogate you on how you came across such an artifact?"