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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pathfinderq1" data-source="post: 3617862" data-attributes="member: 48394"><p>Tessa kept her words simple- she knew many funeral rites, but these were simple folk, far removed from many of the concerns of the outside world.  She tried to sprinkle each ceremony with at least a few words about the victim, from what the survivors had said during the preparations.  It may even have been that some drew comfort from her words, and her stoic adherence to the role of priestess in this final rite.  But her own visage was drawn and coldly solemn- the cheerful smile which usually lit her face stilled by the weight of this ghastly resolution.  It was only when the fires of cremation were finally lit that some emotion crept back into her features- a look of exultation, perhaps at the thought that these souls at least had passed beyond the trials and woes of the mortal realm.  Or maybe it was simply the sight of the rising, consuming flames, and the knowledge that the foes that awaited them might soon meet such a fiery end as well- but no, that couldn't be; a scholarly and cheerful young priestess would never harbor such thoughts...</p></blockquote><p></p>