The pain inside her was still so clear, reminding Tilan of a year and a half ago, in the dark alleyways beneath Payin City, where she first confronted death. The sensation of life teetering on the brink of extinction stimulated her nerves, making her forget everything, all the restraints of reality, just to survive.
Her eyes half-closed, she used her still-intact left hand to slowly pull out the rapier. The sensation of the blade friction against her flesh was uncomfortable, and her body's sensitivity was so acute. Although this heightened perception was an advantage in sensing and gathering information, it amplified her pain just the same.
Gripping the rose thorn sword Sevia La had condensed, the girl used her Talent to freeze the Magic Power within it and gradually transform it.
In her line of sight, Sevia La likewise retracted a rapier, then a faint red mist rose around her, seeming to restore some of her status.
