I stared the Duchess right in the eye as I outed her machinations to capture me. And I could see as everyone else around us reacted in a flabbergasted manner as they went and checked themselves, as if they didn't know about this.
As for the Duchess' reaction, well, let's just say that it wasn't pleasant.
Her pupils had shrunk and were shifting erratically as she started to fume with a seething animosity towards me.
I just stared back at her with a look of both disappointment and contempt, which ticked her off.
Her expression then shifted and warped from one of horror to one that hardened with a burning intensity, fuel by her fury towards me for exposing her foil.
And just as I thought that she was going to blow over the top, she suddenly closed her eyes and exhaled deeply.
I was still burning with flames by the way. It ate away at my mana still, but at least she wasn't getting any of mine to examine or copy or something.
