Nessa and Dukiel couldn't help but be energized when they saw Zach and his familiars dive into activity. They weren't completely sure what they were doing, but they could tell it was important. It made them want to do something themselves. They still had obligations to fulfill.
But when they weren't watching Zoe or sleeping, they helped Zach, either directly or by taking his shifts at the ice wall so that he could disappear from the Underworld to a place called Haven.
They wanted to be calm about it. But they couldn't help but be surprised, despite everything they had gone through and everything they had seen Zach do.
Sometime, when they were apart, he had somehow acquired a private world and could travel to it whenever he wanted through teleportation. It apparently also contained a vault filled to the brim with treasures. It was ridiculous and unfair.