Cerul was still in a mental shock; even his comforting presence only served to stir her awake, more or less; she was, at best, groggy and extremely disoriented. The insect goddess has left behind her frozen form, but the feeling of the Beyonder taint has faded from it, though there's still quite a bit of power left in the insects making up her body. It's likely he's weakened her quite a bit, with this tactic.<br/><br/>Back at the domain, there's a quick assembly of the women, all of them looking worried, and asking questions about what happened.