Again, she was pretty brave or stupid. The fact that she was so quick to get close to him said that much. Back home, where he was originally from, people were a lot more hesitant to get close to him. The people and the demons that followed him alike were all afraid of what it was that he was capable of doing to them. So he could see it, every time he got into it with someone, that they were afraid. Afraid to get close, but also far too terrified to back down. Was Heather afraid? He looked at her. He decided that she was. But there was also a determination there that the others had lacked in.
"Or maybe," he suggested, leaning in toward her so that his face was close to hers, "you should prove me wrong."