She began to laugh, "A proper fight?" She asked, "Is that what that was? I was so certain that I was holding back." She waved a hand, "And death? You could kill me a thousand times and I would still come back. As for feeling alive? I can tell you with all honesty that the only thing I felt was concern for you. A leftover of my worthless affection for your brother."

She sighed and the darkness began to lift, her eyes fading back to their normal color, "What would you know of emotional compromise?" she asked, "You love only power and wade through a river of blood to reach it, even the blood of those whom your brother supposedly loved. Would you have waded through his too if it would have given you more power?"