The shock of experiencing the contents of Xurha's mind made Qh'mros back away, and it flew upwards, looking at Xurha with a gaze filled with confusion and horror.
Of course, many Ascendant pursued power and dominion over more and more planes, but Xurha's desire was a single minded obsession, and the fact that he would practically torture countless lives to achieve his goals made clear that he would do anything to achieve his goals.
But this revelation had another effect, Qh'mros had begun the fight with Xurha predicting that some kind of resolution would be made, that Xurha would fight for a little while before proposing some sort of agreement, as was common in battles with Ascendants.
At their level of power, most fights were no more than a casual spar, for if they became serious, their battles could destroy the very planes that they fought over.
