"I confess that it was a slight mistake on my part. But if my Master was kind enough to let you stay here among us with full knowledge and wisdom of such things than I can do naught but oblige him. Besides, I assure that the moment you give in to the beast, I will be very efficient in subduing you quickly. And if you were to persist, I would not give a second thought to ending you." The monk seems to grow with his words. He meant very clearly what he said. There was not a thing on this goddess's green earth that could touch Mary while he lived. Certainly not when he was within sight of such horrid hypothetical things.