The goddess directed her attention as if straining to hear some distant voice. Without even so much as glancing at the halfling again, "I must attend to other," she paused and continued with a husky over-tone, "'duties' to attend to." She focused upon Viloet again. "I can protect you within this mannor but beyond it, you are free game. You<strong>will</strong>fulfill this role whether you come to terms with it or not, though you have the power to decide how pleasant and fruitful this ride will be. If you decide to accept my blessing, touch the statue in my shrine below. If somehow it should become inaccessable to you, I will find another way to visit you."<br/><br/>Without giving the halfling time to complain, protest or decide, giant Grishka began rapidly deflating back to her original form. She fell to her knees, clasping her diminishing body and shuddering as though in a winter storm without any protection. Lurched over, tears streamed from her eyes as the earthquake showed signs of subsiding. Once she reached her normal proportions, the book she had been reading fell to the ground.