“….What is a runeblade doing in the Cathedral?!”

“Because [b]that stupid girl brought it in[/b]!!” Damon exploded, stabbing an accusing finger at Aleena. The elf looked obviously very uppity at that, in response to the obviously unwarranted and untrue accusations of stupidity. “What were you thinking, carrying it around like that!? You could have destroyed one of our own!”

“I’m fine…” Thea muttered belatedly, voice tight with pain where she sat in a heap in the floor. Notwithstanding recent events and the fact that her hand now had a deep gash under the thumb that Kathlin was now poking at, the priestess’ voice was weak but steady as she raised her eyes to meet Damon’s. “Go and get help for this, Damon. Tell them to bring gloves, and holy water. Lots of it”

“…..”

Nodding gravely after a pause where he gave Aleena one final dirty look, Damon bowed his head to the priestess before backing out of the room. A few brisk paces, followed by running feet could be heard as the paladin rapidly made his escape from the situation. 

“……Soooo…..” Liaena remarked finally, after a silence that nobody else seemed willing to break. “what [i]did[/i] I miss? Kitty?”

“The runeblade activated” Kathlin remarked matter-of-factly where she wound a bandage around Thea’s fingers. “I….uh, think”

That priestess shot her a look. “….Quite”

Drawing a shaky breath, Thea looked around the room slowly, before her gaze settled on Liaena. “Who is [i]that[/i], Rune?”

“Oh….uh. Sharon, this is Priestess Thea. [i]General Hardass[/i]” Liaena whispered the last sentence under her breath, before raising her voice to the room together. “Priestess Thea, this is Sharon Del’dieb—“

“Your boyfriend. Obviously” Thea observed coldly to the room at large, before looking back at Sharon again. “Dare I ask – how are you involved in this? And why have you been shrunk?”