"Yes, but you're far less likely to kill Carrick," Hermes pointed out. "Not that I mind being bitten too much since you can't turn me, or even that I would particularly mind you turning me though my Master did pay a good deal of money for me so he might be upset about the whole thing."
He shifted his head up enough to nudge his nose against Russell's. "And I definitely don't mind that growly, animalistic part in the back of your mind." The conversation was teasing and light as much as it was still slightly sexual.