by Oras Auro 29th October 2017, 9:46 pm
Oras watched her grin a bit despite the world around her, and heard her words. He knew he had given that up, but his full potential was still completely hidden from her. There would be no way she could defeat him, even if she did know what spells and abilities he had. Especially once he had created more of his master spells. The only thing that had really gotten to him, was that she was resisting the aura. It had to build up of course, but he could see her resisting it rather well. It was only stage one of his aura however, and despite her best efforts, she would be at the mercy of his aura by the time stage three had kicked in, which would have the chance of immobilizing her through sheer terror. The only way she could resist it completely would be if she were a stronger mage than he was and that was not the case here. Still, the fact that she was able to resist it at all was a sign worth noting.
She then spoke about how he was absolutely right. How she was too trusting, how she lacked the required knowledge to survive this world. She acknowledged that she may be wrong about her assumptions, and how she didn't know anything besides worthless conversations shared between traveling merchants. However when she said she wasn't scared and how she wasn't afraid of death, he could tell she was telling the truth. Why? Why did she not fear death? Didn't she have a goal of some sort? To learn about this world? To grow strong? She was young, there should be many options for her to climb and fight for. She sounded like the exact opposite of Oras. He refused to die, and chose to be a survivalist to the end. He wanted to live long enough to find someone he could trust. Someone he could spend his time with. And even with Amora here, reaching out, he still doubted that day would ever come.
She asked him to save the terror act for someone who actually intended to kill him and began to give out her reasons. She hadn't done anything to harm him. She had nothing on her he could use. None of these were logical reasons for him not to kill her. He made the action as if he had just slit her throat, and while she did have some blood thrown out into the air, making it seem as if it had actually happened, as well as the blade sliding across the already cut skin, unless she was extraordinarily skilled in observance, it would seem for an instant as if he had just killed her, which he didn't. "There is no reason you can give to someone who's painted a target on you. Hear my words now as a lesson. Never, ever, trust someone you meet from now on. Not until you have legitimate proof you can trust them, and be cautious even then. Family, best friends, loved ones, partners. Throughout history, they've all betrayed, backstabbed, and butchered each other in hideous manners for the lowest of reasons. The art of deception is a powerful one Amora. Do, not, underestimate it..."
At this point the fear aura would be at stage two, which meant that when he 'killed her', the urge to give into fear would have been stronger. However at this point he would cast it away. In an instant the world was back to normal. Oras sheathed his blade and pulled out a cloth, as well as a few herbs. He dampened the cloth, placed the herbs on it, and placed it against her neck. "Hold this against your neck while we walk onwards." If she did as he said, it would sting some but would eventually begin to quicken the blood's clotting process, allowing the skin to seal itself quicker. With that he began to move forward.