Talion didn't laugh at the way the priest jumped but a smirk flickered over his lips.  She didn't waste time following him either.  He leaned against the wall of one of the buildings, his right forearm draped with the now folded dress, his left resting on his belt.<br/><br/>Innora asked some good questions.  Answering them would be dangerous.  Very much so.  But he wasn't going to ignore them.  "I  an clear up some of it for you, Innora.  I'm glad you're all right.  It looks like Pearly bought it, huh?"  He smiled at her, "I could've stayed hidden, you're right.  But I wasn't going to let her do that.  Even if we hadn't been...close, it wasn't right.  You were blameless.  She was just another powerful person punching down.  Hurting you because she could, because she knew she could get away with it."<br/><br/>He smirked again, "We'll see if she learned her lesson.  Maybe I'll shear off her hair next time."  Then he sighed.  "The rest is tricky.  I'm not Dragon-Blooded.  I've been..."  This was the hard part.  He should make up something.  Say he was Gof-Blooded, she'd believe that.  But then, wouldn't he be the powerful person mistreating her?  "A god has given me power.  And this god is very concerned with people and gods acting correctly.  Being and doing good, especially to those under them.  So, I'm here.  To remind gods like Maur-Azur of how it's supposed to be.  And that there are consequences, even for him.  Same with these "Good Kings" from what I've heard of them.  Real bunch of assholes."<br/><br/>His blue eyes met hers.  "The Unconquered Sun is the ruler of Heaven, greatest of the gods."  He was no lore master or occult scholar.  But since his Second Breath, he<em>remembered</em>things that he hadn't known before.  They came in dreams, even a few visions.  "He's a god of virtue, of righteous being and acting.  I invoked the Sun because it might not mean anything to Pearly but it sure will to her old man."