"Everything is a manipulation tactic."  Akyasha mentioned with a shrug glancing sideways at Giselle ever so quickly.  "Unconsciously all thinking beings manipulate each other with their thoughts and emotions."  The cleric then changed the topic.  "But yes, forced to serve me for the rest of your unlife.  It's not so bad.  I don't even mind if you speak your mind, so long as your not overly rude or speaking ill of the goddess. Think of the power you stand to gain with this.  The power to defend yourself and even protect those around you.  Power that you would fail to gain if you stay in this pitiful form of a human."

"Is it not worth that power?" Akyasha asked with a smile as she brought a finger to her ear.  She touched behind her ear, causing a blood lily to slowly start growing from it.  "If you join me, I'll turn you into a wonderful knight and a commander."  The flower seemed to stop growing by now as a fairly sized lily comfortably settled on her ear.  "It's a fairly simple process, really, if you wish to agree. Simply pluck the flower from my ear and settle it on your own.  Then, you simply pledge yourself to me and most importantly to Ichor.  I usually prefer something a bit more ceremonial and elaborate but circumstances as they were this is the best it probably will be for now."