"Marya, can you do that too?" asked Calder as he watched Arya pass out.
"No, I can't," replied Marya flatly.
"But what was that? Why were his eyes glowing, and why did he only need a single word to cast his spell?" asked Calder, confused by what he had just seen.
Calder had worked with several mages during his time as a mercenary but never did he once see a mage whose eyes were glowing. And neither did he ever hear of a mage who only chanted a single word to cast a spell, and yet here he was. Arya had chanted but a single word to freeze his opponent's stomach, and until a second ago his eyes were glowing a bright blue color.
"The glowing eyes are a sign of mastery, or at least that a mage is close to it. Very few mages actually ever reach that stage. And the single word casting just means he is very close to mastering silent casting." replied Marya quickly as she approached Arya's body.
