She explained what had happened to her, at leas the sudden explosion of holy energy in the mountain temple, as well as losing her connection to the infernal energies, knowing the explanation was likely far over his head, but educating him now would probably prevent later problems. She pulled out the rod, and simply held it, before it suddenly transformed into a serpent, and coiled for a moment around her arm, hissing softly as it looked about though it ignored Micheal, before uncoiling and returning to its normal form of a heavy mace. "It is a strong magic item, something most adventurers would use until finding something much more powerful, and I am going to use it for a long while, I suspect."