[i] Ronin laughed aloud, a condescending laugh that made Alyssa feel like she did something wrong and she was being laughed at.[/i] "Striking air, and striking a human being are two far different things. You hit nothing there, but then when that hardlight eviscerates flesh? Burns the blood inside of their body as your blade rips through skin and organs, and the light fades from their eyes?" [i] He described in detail. Something only someone who'd ended lives could explain.[/i] "Yeah, two different things."