False Assumption (Part 1)

Lith's skin was still pink and there was no flaming crown above his head but the expression on his face was identical to the grimace of the monster he had faced in the Mindscape.

"That's why it felt familiar. That was your own face that you saw from my memories every time we fused together." Solus said while letting him go.

"Since when do I look like that?" Lith asked.

"Since I know you." She shrugged. "Do you remember the serial killer glare that scared the others when you were little? Well, that was your expression when you were trying to be normal. This was your face when you were fighting."

She pointed at the mirror, where Lith's reflected image was fixed in a savage grin.

"Are you serious?"

"Why do you think people pissed themselves or cried for mercy?" Solus replied. "Imagine someone like that looking at you while wielding a powerful spell. That's what your opponents had to face for a long while."