"Well, that's... interestin'."<br/><br/>With a grin, "Maria" flexes her muscles, savoring the charge of energy surging through her veins as the magical fires do their thing. She might not feel invincible, but she certainly feels as if her own flames have been quite delightfully fueled...<br/><br/>Though the problem with fire is that it spreads. And now that the flames of the Starstone are stronger inside of her, Maria is feeling a sensation much like the one she had experienced in the abandoned fort; a subtle, rosy-pink flame that she had been neglecting being kindled and stoked, causing her cheeks to flush and her body to ache with a very specific need.<br/><br/>"aaanh~! S-so is that..." The monk can feel her cheeks starting to darken as she realizes just how fiercely her fires have started to burn, and she finds herself squeezing her thighs together as she looks over at the Elf and the Halfling alike. "E-elfie... do you have any ideas about what sort of... side-effects... these shards might be havin' on me?"