[He's worried about the implication that death spells are prominent enough in Vexen's world to prompt the creation of life spells, but that gets swept aside by the flow of the conversation and the reassurance that the spell itself does work. The smugness is to be expected, but honestly, what's reassuring is Vexen's crack about the warrior population of the train. It's healer humor, it's familiar, and it puts him at ease, at least a bit.]
That's fair.
So if you can protect someone from death magic, then...
[He trails off, looking down. He definitely hadn't been planning on testing his powers - if he even has them - but if Vexen can protect someone from them, then...]
[Then it's a matter of whether he can bring potentially fatal force against someone who isn't trying to hurt him in turn. Whether he can hurt - or potentially kill, if things go wrong - someone for the sole purpose of satisfying his curiosity.]
[Healers don't go dark is the going wisdom, but he doubts any healer has ever been in this exact situation, and he's stuck. He doesn't know what to do.]
[For now, he doesn't know how to finish that sentence, so he doesn't.]
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That's fair.
So if you can protect someone from death magic, then...
[He trails off, looking down. He definitely hadn't been planning on testing his powers - if he even has them - but if Vexen can protect someone from them, then...]
[Then it's a matter of whether he can bring potentially fatal force against someone who isn't trying to hurt him in turn. Whether he can hurt - or potentially kill, if things go wrong - someone for the sole purpose of satisfying his curiosity.]
[Healers don't go dark is the going wisdom, but he doubts any healer has ever been in this exact situation, and he's stuck. He doesn't know what to do.]
[For now, he doesn't know how to finish that sentence, so he doesn't.]