[It's hard to say if Devin would be more careful if he knew about the seal; in all likelihood, he wouldn't be. He's not terribly concerned with his own well-being.
The vampire has spent enough of his life fighting to recognize when the brutality of his baser nature wants to bleed through and shred everything around him, but he's not in this to kill Kratos. He is not Bobby, and he is not Devin's parents. Any wound is just a wound. Anger and adrenaline will be his undoing; emotion is to be ignored.
The fire remains, for now, but it takes on better focus in response to the defense, like it's breaking some of the rust off his muscle memory. A few decades have passed since he was in a proper sword fight, but Devin is remembering more of the steps to this dance. He can mull over the relative danger of that happening as the result of the injury later. This is the edge of his ability, here, and even if he knows he'll eventually lose, he's not giving up easily.]
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The vampire has spent enough of his life fighting to recognize when the brutality of his baser nature wants to bleed through and shred everything around him, but he's not in this to kill Kratos. He is not Bobby, and he is not Devin's parents. Any wound is just a wound. Anger and adrenaline will be his undoing; emotion is to be ignored.
The fire remains, for now, but it takes on better focus in response to the defense, like it's breaking some of the rust off his muscle memory. A few decades have passed since he was in a proper sword fight, but Devin is remembering more of the steps to this dance. He can mull over the relative danger of that happening as the result of the injury later. This is the edge of his ability, here, and even if he knows he'll eventually lose, he's not giving up easily.]