"Yes," I said evenly as I stood before her, meeting her eyes. "I am listening."
She tried to steady her breathing, but every inhale came out uneven. Blood dripped from her chin as she forced her lips apart.
"I need to know… you won't kill me," she whispered.
I looked at her for a long second, and the expression on my face said everything.
"Are you foolish?" I asked quietly.
My hand rose and settled over her head.
The Abyss Core trembled.
In the next instant, I began devouring her laws.
It was not subtle. Runic fragments began tearing free from her body, peeling out like strips of light being pulled from beneath her skin. Each fragment shimmered briefly before being drawn into me, rushing toward the Dawn Core where they were absorbed and broken down.
Her eyes widened in raw shock as she felt it happening. She struggled violently, trying to activate her wind and sound laws, but the more she resisted, the faster the devouring accelerated.
