Tess was relieved once they reached the cardinal's home, especially after she got some simple clothes. Natural or not, she felt ashamed showing her skyclad form to anyone but her beloved.<br/>When the older pristess expressed her curiosity regarding recent happening, especially the part about the details, her expression froze in deadly seriousness.<br/>"It looked like someone or something created a path of destruction through the woods, a bold move to lure travelers and patrols into a trap. We had to face twice the force than in our previous encounter, and the beast seemed much more powerful and resilient. Severel direct hits couldn't take down one of the large beasts, and they seemed to regenerate their limbs no matter how hard we tried to disarm them. Unless we find a weakness in them, I'd say we are all in grave danger, cardinal. As for your inquiry about details... our theory about the purpose of those things was right. For the honor of my comerades and myself, I shall say no more than that." - tha paladin said. She wanted to look at Naia, to see how she was doing, to give her a glimpse of compassion, that she was not as cold as she showed herself to be, but the redhead decided against it. The cardinal might try to pry information out of the blond if she learned her becoming a victim, and Tess didn't want the young monk to go through the memories of her horrible experience again for nothing.<br/>"You should be pleased to know though that I have decided to take an oath to exterminate this foul breed of abominations. The balance of goodness and law is meaningless as long as something like this threathens the world."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Tess is now Oath against Corruption paladin archetype, sacrificing some paladin class features to gain bonuses against aberration types. Her code of conduct also changes to "exterminate or seal any aberrants you can".</div></div>