Deterrence

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'Comprehend…' Sylas' eyes narrowed. Did this mean that he could read the Basilisk King's thoughts? But wasn't it an unintelligent creature? Or was it the case that, due to Aether, these beasts had already evolved beyond that point?

He turned toward the Basilisk King, who had remained curled up in a ball all this while. He realized that even in the darkness of the night, he could practically "feel" the Basilisk King's presence.

'Hm?'

Sylas didn't hear words when he moved his intention toward using Insight. Rather, he felt waves of emotions as though he were feeling them for himself.

Fear. Anxiety. Hunger.

Those were the three biggest ones, but there was another that was the undercurrent of them all. It was much more complex and harder to summarize in a single world, but Sylas felt that it was…

Embarrassment.

'I see… So it can't talk, but I can anthropomorphize it…'