Unit cost and quality.

The other day, I was playing, and a group of efreets flew up to a well-leveled Barbarian. The direct damage dealt 60, and the fire aura dealt 62. Is this some kind of bug, or is it supposed to be this way, since the first damage is considered a direct attack, and the aura is considered a spell? I have the very first version of the game. If we don't consider the specific situation, let's say efreets vs. Nightmares. Nightmares cast Fear, the efreet falls asleep, the Nightmares run, run, reach the efreet, the effect of Fear ends, and the efreets attack the Nightmares with a normal attack and aura and kill them (I tried this in the editor). If this is also a "situation," then our argument is irresolvable.