The paladin came down not long after, looking at the women with horror on his face. He had tried to wrap his head around everything, but it was with a profound sense of guilt that he realized while he was indulging in the pleasures of the flesh... his comrades had been violated. Immediately he thought of his foolishness, of his awakened lusts and how he thought of them... a knot formed in his stomach, churning his insides and twisting his guts.<br/><br/>The worst part about it is that he felt a twinge of disappointment- that his desires, newly awakened, would go unfulfilled. It was his fault that things had come to this... if he was stronger, if he had resisted his aunt.. maybe he could have been here to stop Alyssa and Al'Rhayel from their violation. He had long come to terms with what he saw in Latun... The lightbearer could not help what happened to Lux on that day. But these were his comrades and he failed them.<br/><br/>It wasn't Thalya's fault. He couldn't bring himself to blame her. Some fell magic was at work and she had fallen under its spell. But he was fine.. and it was his own folly that caused him to falter. He was in total shock, looking at the woman naked before him. He felt like it should have been a sight to behold, but instead he only felt an intense sense of self-loathing. How could he have felt this way, when those he had sworn to protect suffered so? Awkwardly, he helped Alyssa up, but his mind was elsewhere. The words they spoke of the plant and its intentions was lost upon him, so focused was he on his own sorry state of mind.