"Want some chocolate?" he asked the bundled mass of armor on the floor.
“H-huh” She looked up at the man offering her a chocolate bar.
‘why is he…’ She thought as confusion flooded her mind
Only to have it increase as the woman started to talk kindly and softly
"Hush poppet, don't worry, no one's going to kill you. Especially if you stop trying to kill them."
She flinched when the woman’s fingers touched her hair, scrambling away.
‘I-it’s a trick, it has to be a trick. They are going to kill me, their deluded, they want to protect the evil, have to get away’ Only to freeze as the evil spoke.
"Yes, they will. I will. Kill her, that is. Stand still."
Her eyes dilated, panic seeping in even more then it has already.
She looked at the evil walking towards them he breathing increasing as her chance for survival decreased less and less with each step.
Death, that’s what he was, death itself coming for her.
"Attacking invites retribution. You should know this," The resident paused, and lowered his hand for a moment. "Why did you attack me, girl?"
‘What.’ She stopped in her thoughts.
Looking at the man as he turned to the woman and spoke to her. ‘Why aren't I dead, why is he asking me why I attacked, he is evil he need to be hunted, he will cause only suffering. So why…’
She looked at the man confusion clear in her eyes before taking a breath, ‘If I am going to die, I will at least have pride in my mission, in the purpose of my life.’ With her decision made she spoke.
“Because” with her voice trembling she recited the pledge she took. “Magic is sin, magic is cruel, so we shall become the hunters all those who hold sin Dread. To be hope for those who have no sin, monsters will become those who hunt their old kind. We are those Hunters, forever hidden, and forever hungry to consume evil.” With her body shaking in fear she raised her sword towards blocking out everything else but the evil in front of her and her mission, “I will not die here, if I do the evil will not be stopped.”
She remembered all her lessons, the things she was told and taught. The antimagic wave began to spark off her body, and with a voice both filled deep with conviction and fear she spoke once more, “I will not die, because I shall consume the evil.”
There was no choice in the end, Amelia exists to hunt evil, nothing else have ever even been an option.