"How is that even possible? There's no clear way to gather a person's life force, let alone store it. Such a means has never been created in all of history," I countered, utterly bamboozled by that explanation.
Eiko furrowed her brows, offended. My tone carried mockery after all. In truth I feared, feared that possibility.
"Like I said, I don't know, and it's nothing but a guess… I somehow gained all that after inspecting the effects it had when I used it against the other one."
Her words generated more questioning, and she explained in detail.
According to her, when she caught up with the abductors, a fight broke out. One of them attempted to use the strange weapon on her, but not only did she stop him, she managed to turn the weapon against him instead.
However, she noted that the weapon came alive with those same patterns the moment he died, leading to her theory.