She kept her gaze locked to his, but God, Miri wanted to look away. Bast kept her head locked right where it was, though, and she stared up at him, intimidated. Bast wouldn't let her show it.
"No, I'm not." He sniffed her and her eyes widened. It reminded her of what she'd done to Reed, sniffing at him, but she'd meant that in jest. Something told her he was deadly serious. When he remarked that she smelled like the desert, smelled warm, sweet, she huffed a little under her breath.
It was the amber bleeding into his eyes that made her hiss a little under her breath. He called her out for what she was and Bast came roaring to the surface. Her body language changed. She held herself better, her skin glowed slightly, and her eyes tinged with a hint of green.