"Trust me, she's still alive; I could have easily killed, barehanded even, so I've restrained myself<em>quite</em>a bit." Chess replied, not moving at all from her top-mount on her would-be assassin "And of course she's terrified; she failed to try and<em>kill</em>me in my own temple...<em>Demi</em>would be terrified of the very same thing.  I'll release her when I know her words are not laced with magic, at least enough to speak or stand while we discern the truth of her words.  So if<em>anybody</em>can scan her over and verify if she has a spell on her while we await a mage capable of dispelling and discerning lies..."<br/><br/>She left it hanging, knowing that even the newest of mages could cast a rote to detect magical auras, divine or arcane, and waiting for her ordered spellcasters to arrive...