Sevra took an unconscious step backward as her hand moved to her hidden blades. The thought actually hadn't occurred to her because of how focused she was on the 'bigger threat', but now… the man's hand raised up in a fairly unoffensive gesture.
"This is what we call a common sense assessment. Recognition that a variable has given ranges is not any sort of proof that an intent exists within a system to force them toward one of those extremes."
Madrigil lowered his hand and started to step away again, to the proper distance away from people with metallic weapons on their person that he didn't trust.
"To put it more 'psychologically'… capability doesn't equal 'malicious' purpose. You could easily kill people all the time, too. But I would assume you do not, because I have not seen it. Not that you cannot."
"But she's... she's an ancient cultivator. It's different. The stories about what they specifically have done-"
