"Besides that, I can sense the presence of every living being, even if it's hiding underwater where I can't see it."
Gerald continued. He knew he had to offer information with enough weight to dispel Dumbledore's doubts now, so he gave him the answer before Dumbledore could ask.
"For example, Professor, yours is the strongest aura I've ever seen. You're surrounded by an aura so red it's purple, deeper than either Snape's or Professor McGonagall's-deeper than anyone's I've ever seen."
Dumbledore's expression finally changed visibly.
He fell silent for a moment, then stood up and did something Gerald hadn't expected.
"Find me. Prove it to me!"
The moment he finished speaking, Dumbledore vanished into thin air before Gerald's eyes.
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Gerald froze for a moment as he watched Dumbledore suddenly disappear before his eyes.
Wandless and nonverbal-is this what Dumbledore can do?
He could clearly sense that if Dumbledore wanted to subdue him now, it really would take only an instant.
Even the Thunder Technique he currently knew probably wouldn't do Dumbledore much harm.
What a terrifying old man.
Gerald let out a quiet breath, then activated the Qi-Perception Spell.
The world before him instantly lost its colors, becoming an abstract painting composed of light and shadow.
But about five paces to his right, a mass of deep purple light, so intense it was almost dazzling, was moving slowly.
Fine black threads wound around the edges of that light, like ink dripping into red wine, wisps flowing ceaselessly.
Gerald pretended to look around, then pointed his finger precisely at Dumbledore's location.
Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and silently moved several paces to the left, stopping beside Fawkes's perch.
Gerald's finger followed, once again pointing precisely at his location.
Dumbledore changed positions twice more, moving to