Attuned, as he is, to blood--even blood that is as deeply poisonous as her own--he can probably also tell when Hasibe's heart is beating faster. Like right now. Predator vs prey is not the dynamic here and it's not how he looks at her, but she is aware that he is more firmly in the former category than she is either one of those. Existing outside the paradigm doesn't mean those who belong to it change.
But that's what she likes: everything a little bit faster, scarier, stronger, until it hurts.
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But that's what she likes: everything a little bit faster, scarier, stronger, until it hurts.
"So am I."
(But she doubts it.)
"It's all rather dependent on two things."