Izzy returned his relief with a look of suspicion. Was he [i]glad[/i] she didn’t know what she was capable of, or was there something she had missed? The uncharacteristic warmth in his expression made her give pause. 
	Taking his returning to the stairs as his form of a dismissal, she gave a growled sigh and ran a hand down her face.
	As Cerasus finished answering her, she glanced back out the door at the sunlight as it faded quickly, the horizon hungrily eating away at the light as the moon rose into power.
	She hated the reminder of not being human he gave her.
	“[i]Very[/i] reassuring,” she grumbled as she turned toward the door, drawing out the first word. She paused in front of the exit, a hand gripping the edge of the door to pull it open, and turned her head slightly to put the man-child in her peripheral view. “How do you know I won’t just take off and leave you to fend for yourself?”