Nyssa's refined smile didn't falter when Sylas didn't reply. In fact, this was the sort of response she expected.
Despite the fact he was naked, she only seemed to have eyes for his own, staring into the depths of his soul as though on a mission to find out exactly what made him tick.
"Your reaction is about what I would expect of a man of your caliber. You like to analyze, and you're not nearly as wild as you seem on the outside. If I'm correct, you're probably a man of education on your world, but the Summoning unleashed quite a wild side of you—maybe a side you've always had but learned to suppress to fit in with the cards you were dealt.
"Your tale isn't a unique one. Men like you tend to either die in a supernova of their own glory, or stamp their own legacy onto the world. Today, you very nearly became the former. I stuck my neck out to save you."