"Now that I think about it, it probably looked like you led me on to wasting my mana in front of Loreina and Hal." As Valyr helped Faulus stand up as they made their way back to the edge of the crater, the latter looked at the man beside him before opening his mouth. "How did you do that?"
"Let's just say there's a ton of factors on your end that helped me make that happen. All I did was slowly lead you towards that eventual goal." Feeling none of the anger or the malice he had felt emanating from Faulus earlier, Valyr decided to respond to the question. "In fact, you could even say that me angering you was inadvertently part of those factors."
"Then again, I definitely admit I was being absurd when we first met," said the young man soon earlier, apologizing for punching the young man in the stomach.
