There were several moments of tense silence from the woman while Nirael explained the situation.  The only sound other than his impassioned words were the slightly elevated breathing of Mara next to him, and the brook behind him babbling and moving on as if this encounter was a normal experience.  Finally after he finished speaking, he leaned over to Lunari and asked if she was ok.  Her form was still frozen in a crouch, the wind fluttering her inky void cloth, her body exposed from the bottom of the leather halter covering her breasts to the top of her boots.  She tried to shake her head no, but it was a stiff forced movement.  Though she was able to, through clenched jaw utter out<strong>"Not yet, but soon...I think."</strong><br/><br/>Then clacking her metal shot fingers together, causing the silvery talons to click loudly, the woman in leather spoke,<strong> "There is something you're not telling me, but I choose to take you at your word.  The foolish ghouls you've destroyed were too weak for me to mourn their loss, so I will not penalize you for destroying my property."</strong>She turned her head over her shoulder and spoke to the flesh golem,<strong>"Take the others back to the lair, kill anyone who enters if they are not with me."</strong><br/><br/>The lumbering hulk of flesh turned and began stomping back into the woods, the two armored skeletons quietly following it.  The nearby ghouls snarled once, overly long tongues, purple and slimy, licked across pointed teeth once, before they turned and bounded off into the woods as well.  The woman approached, her skin tight leather boots sinking softly into the soft dirt once free of the tree line.<strong>"Your elf friend should be able to move soon.  Though I find it odd, Elves should be immune to the claws of a ghoul.  It's one of the reasons why the elves requested that I use them as a buffer against the humans in exchange for this land."</strong>She tapped one silver shod finger against the side of her jaw and muttered,<strong>"Definitely something you're not telling me."</strong><br/><br/>Then sighing she said,<strong>"I am known as Sirana the necromancer.  I shall accompany you northward to the edge of my territory, and then you shall not re-enter it upon pain of death.  I will accompany you to talk to the elven cheifteness,Terrari, to discuss this invasion.  If I suspect you preparing to betray or harm me, I shall destroy you and raise your corpses for my experiments.  Are we agreed?"</strong><br/><br/>Lunari's body began moving stiffly as it seemed the ghoul's venom was begining to wear off, and the frown on her face was deep and her brow furrowed.