[He takes a second to kind of count off on his fingers, as if he's working it out.]

Ideally, more than like twenty feet, less than a hundred.

[Out of the range of melee attacks is what he's going for.

But after a brief moment of hesitation, Taako figures out the private setting on the device, so he can say more.]

This is gonna sound crazy as hell, but I'm not fucking with you. There was a whole thing with some liches and my life force, so I don't got a whole lot to spare.

[It's noticeable even in small ways, outside of fights.]