Raine let out her breath, slow and measured, kept studying Valdis. Taking power from the souls of others, hm. That wasn't at all a foreign concept, and it was less disconcerting than it probably should be. Still horrible, but not surprising, and it would come down to what she did with it. "All right," Raine said finally, turning the idea over in her head. "Something that, like any weapon, can be used to protect or to cause great harm. Why are you telling me this now?"

Something about that pause, maybe. She could guess it had something to do with having killed, perhaps, but it was still easier to ask, since Valdis seemed in a particularly forthcoming mindset.