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"You misunderstand," Mynoris says a bit flatly. "I told her to have a seat so she wouldn't push herself to death. If I thought she was going to die, I would have said so quite directly. But some people die before their bodies are ready because their minds think they are going to die and can't be convinced otherwise. Never doubt the power of the mind; I've seen this sort of things many times." She tilts her head to the side. "Though she's not completely out of danger, the danger will be less if she rests and isn't forced to dodge any more blazing tornadoes." She shakes her head. "I have no intentions of taking all the blame for your assumptions." Her lips curve partway into a smile. "But I'll admit, I can see where you would have missed what I was saying. After all, we're not from the same place, so our ways of speaking are naturally going to have differences."

Then she looks over at Claudette, wondering if she might have stressed the woman by giving her a false pronouncement of doom. If the woman had been on Death's Door, she would have known it. Quite likely everyone else would have too, simply by her reaction.

Mynoris shakes her head, making a slight tsking sound. "Well, whose fault is it that she had any tornadoes to dodge?" she asks. "Now, I'm not a fancy spell-slinger, such as yourself, but I've fought a few mages in my time. Sometimes the human body just isn't fast enough. End of story." Still, she doesn't seem overly concerned with Claudette's health; her focus is mostly on Kira. "My eyes? Oh, I suppose that's just what they look like when I use my Death Sight. I've never really looked at myself in the mirror when I used it. I already know my own history so there's no need to use it when looking at myself."

Mynoris arches an eyebrow at the younger woman's outburst. "If that is what you believe, then why not say as much in the first place instead of feigning innocence or kindness?" she asks. Then she nods her head. "I can see how closely tied someone is to death. This means how close they are to dying as well as how often they have had death on their hands. Generally the first is more useful than the second."

Mynoris gestures towards Claudette. "Well, she's the closest, but I wouldn't say she's on the verge of death." Sitting up straight, her feet thudding to the ground, she folds her arms across her chest and gives Kira an intent look. "You weren't speaking to her, though, you were speaking to me. And I certainly don't belong to you."

"I told Claudette, and I quote, 'I could have killed you. But I didn't. Because I'm a kind person.' However, if you would like to change the status of ownership, I would be happy to fight you, conquer you, and enslave you. You have power I think would be useful."

She paused and said, "Claudette is closest to death? How do you figure that?"

((Ooc: Funny you picked up on that, Lily. I have been intending to have Claudette die at some point in the novel. I don't think I had mentioned that, actually. But we'll see))

"That sounds as though it would be something anyone would say; no one wants to be enslaved. Claudette has the markings of an enslaved human around her elbows, wrists, ankles, and along her back. Feel free to take a look; you'll find them. Especially without that jacket she wears."

"I don't care," Kira said. "She's just another pathetic little human we're going to wipe out. What should I care whether she lives or dies?"

She was seething.

Kira grinned. "That may be true and all, but the mark of an Immortal's slave runs deep. It causes them to be hurt easier by magic, it causes them to feel more pain from simple injuries, and more. Claudette's markings can bind her to the floor if I so choose to force that. I don't have to shave her head, undress her, cut her tongue out, or do any of that. These are markings imbued with magic and applied by flame. There is no breaking that."

Turning to Svana, she said,"That does bring up an interesting point. What do you do to mark your slaves, Svana?"