While Krathen was waiting for Shizuru to reply to his question, he noticed his daughter squirming and whining pitifully, and heard her request. "Well, that is up to the general herself. I am fine with you healing her, but I insist that you acquire her permission first, some warriors are very particular about that sort of thing. I like to think Shizuru is more practical, but still, you should ask first." he explained. Krathen was always very careful not to remind Shizuru of her lower status. She was his second in command, so technically he outranked her, but the number of times when Krathen had actually overruled one of Shizuru's commands or decisions could be counted on one hand, mainly out of respect for the demon general. She was certainly one of the smartest of his underlings, a true strategic and tactical genius, and she knew how to motivate the troops. He could not ask for a better commander.<br/><br/>It was then that Krathen noticed the approach of Anastasia. He grinned at the fairy woman, simultaneously pleased that she was here and amused by how late she was. The Lord of Desire smirked at the gorgeous fey, enjoying the view of her well sculpted body. "Yes, things have gone quite well. Lucky for you your presence was not needed, I might be... irritated were that not the case." The interesting part of that statement was that very few demons had ever seen the Demon Lord become irritated. He almost never stopped smiling, and even when he experienced setbacks, he always gave the impression that he had another plan.<br/><br/>However, despite the fact that he was not really upset with Anastasia's late arrival, he decided a little teasing wouldn't hurt. He didn't have to<em>see</em>Anastasia's groin to know how wet his aura was likely making her, no one was truly immune to his aura, even Shizuru was probably quite moist despite her outwardly calm appearance. The general had become quite skilled at maintaining her composure around Krathen, though he knew that she had a much easier time when there was a battle to focus on. Now that the fighting was over, it would be much harder for her to ignore his aura. But for the moment, he focused on Anastasia, actively turning up his aura and focusing it on her, so that everyone around him would still feel his aura at normal strength, but she would probably feel it at almost three times normal intensity. Yet Krathen gave no indication of his actions, and there was no way of knowing he was doing this intentionally. "So Anastasi, how have you been? We currently have no plans save securing this city, then we will decide where to strike next."