"Did I do a lot of which, duels in general or killing?"
He asks the question without hesitation, and neither does he ask it with any particular inflection. A clarifying question, and little more.
"If you mean the former – well. I excelled in my magical studies at quite a young age, and I was a lethal combination of opinionated and stubborn. Perhaps that wouldn't have been any cause for friction, but I also had a sharp tongue, and had trouble determining the best time to keep my mouth shut. I incited quite a few fights and never had the wisdom to know when to bend.
"If you mean the latter, then no. I was never out to actually kill anyone, only to prove my superiority. I always adhered to the terms of the duel, but if my opponent broke the terms – say, continued the assault after they had clearly lost – then I did what was necessary to defend myself."
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He asks the question without hesitation, and neither does he ask it with any particular inflection. A clarifying question, and little more.
"If you mean the former – well. I excelled in my magical studies at quite a young age, and I was a lethal combination of opinionated and stubborn. Perhaps that wouldn't have been any cause for friction, but I also had a sharp tongue, and had trouble determining the best time to keep my mouth shut. I incited quite a few fights and never had the wisdom to know when to bend.
"If you mean the latter, then no. I was never out to actually kill anyone, only to prove my superiority. I always adhered to the terms of the duel, but if my opponent broke the terms – say, continued the assault after they had clearly lost – then I did what was necessary to defend myself."