[The visions playing out in Yaone's mind's eye are shocking, brutal, and in many ways offensive in a way the boy's vitriolic responses haven't managed to get to her. She might not be completely innocent but she's a gentle, peaceful woman who had once lived a relatively calm life mostly devoid of violence. Her position as her lord's apothecary has protected her from many horrors within her world, not enough for her to remain completely ignorant of them due to her own insistence on staying well-informed about current events and rumors among her people.
Yaone cries at the torment she's seeing in Joscelin's past, more over the weak and innocent that were preyed upon and slaughtered so heartlessly but she is not completely without sympathy. Her desire to empathize with and understand the reasons behind these tragedies is a powerful force within her mind, strong enough to stay her hand when she otherwise might seek to slay him on the spot. That he appears as quick and strong as a youkai and seems to have more fighting experience than she doesn't really factor in.
And of course, It's a matter of fairness and honor, too. Yaone cannot bring herself to murder a man frozen in time and bereft of memories of crimes committed in his past. In her heart, her lord would put Joscelin's past aside and judge him solely on his present actions, Yaone knows this, and if she is to be anyone's mistress in this place, there are worse role models to follow.
Once the vision recedes and Yaone's firmly within herself in the present once more, she simply wipes her tears and assumes a combat ready stance as if she'd seen nothing to suggest this shinki might be ill-suited to her ideals.]
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Yaone cries at the torment she's seeing in Joscelin's past, more over the weak and innocent that were preyed upon and slaughtered so heartlessly but she is not completely without sympathy. Her desire to empathize with and understand the reasons behind these tragedies is a powerful force within her mind, strong enough to stay her hand when she otherwise might seek to slay him on the spot. That he appears as quick and strong as a youkai and seems to have more fighting experience than she doesn't really factor in.
And of course, It's a matter of fairness and honor, too. Yaone cannot bring herself to murder a man frozen in time and bereft of memories of crimes committed in his past. In her heart, her lord would put Joscelin's past aside and judge him solely on his present actions, Yaone knows this, and if she is to be anyone's mistress in this place, there are worse role models to follow.
Once the vision recedes and Yaone's firmly within herself in the present once more, she simply wipes her tears and assumes a combat ready stance as if she'd seen nothing to suggest this shinki might be ill-suited to her ideals.]
Yes, Mister Joscelin.