The flames around Leo disappear instantly, Leo falls forward slightly and stumbles slightly, Ruka completely gone. Leo looks around and the entire world is black, empty.
"How?" Damien appears from out of a corner, panting and sweating profusely. "How did you get out of my qualia!"
"What do you mean how?" Leo looks at his arms and hands, they've returned back to normal. "I just did."
Damien's face turns into a horrid expression of sheer fear. "I get it now." Damien walks up to Leo. "You're not human."
"Of course I'm human!" Leo raises his voice as he justifies himself. "I would never fall to the likes of you, dicere!"
"Pft..." Damien looks extremely frail and weak, like his body has been completely used up. "No. Not even the strongest of humans have no regrets. Everybody does." Damien looks up. "Even I do."
Leo doesn't say another word. "Then what am I?"
