Tch... I didn't think that you'd forgotten. I meant that I didn't want you to start acting all suspicious again. I like you better when you're not acting like I'm going to stab you in the face and eat your soul.

[Truthfully, he was a monster in stolen skin. He just happened to be one with a human side. It wasn't a side he hated, but it wasn't a side he liked, either. Humans were powerless. More importantly... This was awkward. Malik was the only one who'd managed to get him as flustered as that before. That Harriet was able to get under his skin like that... Did that mean he liked her?

Stupid human emotions.

He stares at her curiously in response to the shoulder bump, smiling slightly despite his embarrassment.]

Don't think anything major of it! I wasn't in control of my words.