Carissa stands, and falls in behind the both of them, and is slightly impressed with herself for managing to do even that gracefully; internally, she is shaking. She wonders if there is a fashion of instructing students that imbues them with sufficient awe in their superiors without leaving them somewhat debiliatingly terrified in their actual presence; perhaps awe and terror go together inevitably, but if any place had decoupled them, dath ilan would have. And Keltham wasn't frightened by Contessa Lrilatha, though objectively speaking he should have been, and perhaps that was just an error. 

"Who would, ordinarily, instruct a fourth-circle cleric?" she asks once she's sure that her voice will convey at least no less dignity than an average Chelish wizard manages.

Carissa stands, and falls in behind the both of them, and is slightly impressed with herself for managing to do even that gracefully; internally, she is shaking. She wonders if there is a fashion of instructing students that imbues them with sufficient awe in their superiors without leaving them somewhat debiliatingly terrified in their actual presence; perhaps awe and terror go together inevitably, but if any place had decoupled them, dath ilan would have. And Keltham wasn't frightened by Contessa Lrilatha, though objectively speaking he should have been, and perhaps that was just an error. 

"Who would, ordinarily, instruct a fourth-circle cleric?" she asks the man once she's sure that her voice will convey at least no less dignity than an average Chelish wizard manages.