There is no outward reaction as the man screams in pain and staggers away from Kalila. Internally, Kalila is scared of her own foreign magic, asking herself what she had done in fear. While the magic is in control, Kalila sees that the man is retreating, and the others are not pursuing or attacking him. She feels her arm rise up, with a bit of starlight gleaming at the center of her palm ready to fire at the retreating man. Her body was going to kill the man!

Inside of her mind or heart, she screams at herself, the magic, to stop and to not fire the Eldritch Blast. 

"[I]Why not? If this man leaves, he will be back and the element of surprise will not be in our favor,[/I]" The thought poses itself in her mind in reaction to the halt.

"[I]And if I kill him, I'll be no better than him. There's another way I can get him to be silent![/I]" Kalila thought quickly.

Thankfully, the magic accepts the idea while the man threatens to return with his brother to burn the place down, and Gerta screams at him. After her scream, a bit of emotion finally crosses Kalila's face, a knowing smile. She addresses the man quickly, her eyes still glowing with that magic, and the hand still raised to fire if he tries to move in to attack.

"You'll have to admit defeat at the hands of a mere girl to follow through on that threat. How humiliating! But...if you don't speak a word of this encounter to anyone, you can keep your pride along with your life,"

[hider=OOC]Kalila has an Eldritch Blast ready to fire in case the man changes his mind.

Other than that, she is letting him go and is trying to pressure him into silence and inaction. Not sure if you would like me to try Intimidation or Persuasion. Let me know and I'll roll.[/hider]