[quote=@Dynamics]
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Yet that still wastes the advantage. From experience, an enemy is never dead unless you see them die. And even then, it's hardly always the truth.
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A truly formidable opponent also never dies this early on in a conflict, do they? I'm certain that upon bringing her within death's view would cause her to teleport away and flee. This battle isn't consequential enough for we to risk her life like that.