Hal hadn't been scared or anything as he'd been turned. He'd been scared back in Orsha. And this, well it was a lot more formal. They'd done what needed to be done, Damon had killed him, his blood in Hal's system and then he'd woken a little later, desperate for blood, a feeling he knew well. For a while, he worried. If it had gone wrong, if he'd become what they said, this...Ripper. But when Damon had thrown a redhead his way with a smirk Hal had bitten into her, drained just enough to complete the transition and quench the taste that had never quite left him before summoning what willpower he had, and pushing her away. Admittidly, pushing her to the floor was hardly gentlemanly. But it was better than dead.
Damon had waited around a while, waited to make sure he was coping, and left to go to his Elena. Leaving him to call Katherine. God, Katherine. Emotions hightened, they hadn't been lying about that, he still thought she was something else. Oh he still loved Alex on some level but she had betrayed him. Walked away, decided against him. Left him to his own devices. Katherine, she was loyal to him, she was a true friend. And yes, she was beautiful.
Hal opened the door soon as the knock came and admitted the vampire. No invitation needed, it was a motel, nothing more.
"I've been...staring in the mirror. I mean the holy symbols doing nothing, I'd had that anyway as an Old One. But our reflections, they were taken by the Devil. Wishing to be human, it was the first time I'd seen my reflection in 500 something years. And I did wonder would I lose it again, but..."
It was an odd thing to focus on. Not the strength or speed. His reflection.
"And well, the blood. Its interesting. I want it. But I don't...Its not as it was. I can still taste her on my lips and yet I'm not Him. I'm not Katherine. I promise you, it's worked. I think its worked."
Oh he still feared the change to Lord Harry. The monster was still in there, had been even when he was human. And it was possible, he didn't know quite how without blood being the trigger. But it was better.