Teri gave a small gasp as that claw cut down the back of her robe, making an audible tearing sound as the fabric was sliced open.  She realized the creature could as easily do that to her flesh.  He set her on the ground afterwards, and she looked up at him.<br/><br/>"3,000 of kept in check lust," he said.  She shivered, old enough to realize the implications of those words.  The sliced halves of the robe hung open, baring her back.<br/><br/>But her shock had only begun.  The demon merely murmured a few words, and runes it would have taken even Sarah several minutes to painstakingly write appeared in a pattern.  She had the urge to try the door, just to see if it would open...but she knew the truth of it already.  This...creature...was immensely powerful.  Turning to Balthagar, she asked (trembling just a little bit), "Do you want me to just take the robe off?  You could have asked.  Now the--the linen-lady will be angry with me."