"Tell me, what was that?! I won't reveal it to anyone, but I need to know what saved me so I can reward the owner diligently."
"Like I said, it's just luck—nothing else," he said again.
She glared at him, her expression devoid of any clear emotion in that moment—eyes fixed, and heavy with unspoken questions—as she held that long, deliberate stare, almost like she was trying to peel back the layers of his silence, to see if he'd finally break and open up.
'She's far more persistent than I initially gave her credit for,' he thought, his brows tightening slightly.
'And did she really just say she saw a black hole emerge from my hands? Could that possibly be how Soulfade actually works?'
The thought echoed in his head as he continued to stare back at her, his gaze steady and unreadable, silently matching her intensity beat for beat.
She leaned back slightly, giving him a long, unreadable look before dropping her chopsticks into her tray with a soft clatter.
