"I am very calm, Merisa," Nerrisa said with a smile as she looked at her. Her smile was beautiful as always clean, elegant, almost gentle but somehow that made it stranger. There was nothing excessive in her expression. No widened eyes. No excitement on the surface.
Just a soft smile and calm eyes. Yet somehow that calmness felt more unsettling than excitement would have. Her platinum eyes stayed on Merisa for a few seconds before she tilted her head slightly.
"Do you really think anything can overwhelm me?" she asked softly. Then her gaze slowly drifted back toward the battlefield below. "You misunderstood. I'm not overwhelmed." Her lips curved slightly more.
"I'm just… extremely pleased with what I'm seeing." She said it naturally. Too naturally. As if watching someone absorb another person's blood, inherit their law, and immediately use it was merely interesting instead of impossible.
