I was thinking the same thing. The way Eliezer wrote that bit seemed to make it clear that something rather more than mere decapitation occurred there.
Though, actually spelling it out directly does end up sounding funny. “Well… I don’t know that cutting off his head with this sword would kill him… I mean, is it really reasonable for me to have expected that?” :)
No, this logic of the Phoenix. What makes you think cutting off someone’s head is murder?
“He died, but you have taught me a new meaning for ‘is dead’.” (From the same book.)
Not every decapitation is murder, but “the wizard stopped, ceased to exist...as something seemed to flow away” is suggestive.
I was thinking the same thing. The way Eliezer wrote that bit seemed to make it clear that something rather more than mere decapitation occurred there.
Hm, so it does. Well, if Hirou had no way of knowing that, then it’s manslaughter at worst.
Though, actually spelling it out directly does end up sounding funny. “Well… I don’t know that cutting off his head with this sword would kill him… I mean, is it really reasonable for me to have expected that?” :)
(Actually, I thought I’d deleted the “ceased to exist” phrase. I’ll go ahead and take it out.)
I figured that Vhazhar really wouldn’t be able to save Dolf. That’s why it’s a sacrifice.