[There are a few unfortunate circumstances in life that can give someone a complex or two.
First, living and working in a world where some of the most predominant uses of magic are designed to kill you as quickly and as efficiently as possible; second, living an existence where having a wound heal itself always means forcefully destroying the soul of someone you care about very much; third, being exposed to a brand of magic that feels unlike anything you've ever sensed or been exposed to before.
It's why he finds himself backpedaling immediately, alarmed and very slightly afraid.]
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First, living and working in a world where some of the most predominant uses of magic are designed to kill you as quickly and as efficiently as possible; second, living an existence where having a wound heal itself always means forcefully destroying the soul of someone you care about very much; third, being exposed to a brand of magic that feels unlike anything you've ever sensed or been exposed to before.
It's why he finds himself backpedaling immediately, alarmed and very slightly afraid.]