An immediate and confident answer, implying that he either truly believes that he isn't in danger of dying by Irahl's hand, or he has fully accepted death as one of the possible outcomes of this test. The reality is that both are true; he's certain of his own abilities and of the opinion that if Irahl can somehow kill him, he's not fit to fulfill his life's purpose and therefore, in some ways, already as good as dead.
He's still standing in what seems like a neutral position--giving nothing away about how and when he might shift to violence--but he's clocking each and every one of his opponent's movements with equal focus. Irahl's question takes him a couple of seconds longer to answer, but given the subject, that answer still comes upsettingly fast.
"I want to know what it will be like to destroy you."
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An immediate and confident answer, implying that he either truly believes that he isn't in danger of dying by Irahl's hand, or he has fully accepted death as one of the possible outcomes of this test. The reality is that both are true; he's certain of his own abilities and of the opinion that if Irahl can somehow kill him, he's not fit to fulfill his life's purpose and therefore, in some ways, already as good as dead.
He's still standing in what seems like a neutral position--giving nothing away about how and when he might shift to violence--but he's clocking each and every one of his opponent's movements with equal focus. Irahl's question takes him a couple of seconds longer to answer, but given the subject, that answer still comes upsettingly fast.
"I want to know what it will be like to destroy you."