[center][h2][color=Black]Edward Carter[/color][/h2][/center]
Edward stared after Bea as she left. He had the distinct feeling that he was terrified of him now - another completely new experience. Once upon a time, it was [i]him[/i] that was afraid of the wriggling mass of madness tentacles; he'd gotten over that in time, but he'd never seen one that was actually afraid of him instead. Until now that is.

He sighed; this would not be easy to patch up, if the other girl would even consent to hanging around him for more than a few seconds.

To make things better, the other girl, who had yet to give her name, gave him and Ascot a verbal chewing out. While Ascot apologized, he just shrugged his shoulders. 

"You assume an awful lot miss," he said, eyes shifting to Hinako steadily. A Kitsune, hm? That explained a great deal about her, and her outrage at how they'd treated Bea, "sadly, someone as long lived as you should know, what you feel oftentimes has very little to do with reality. I've got nothing more to say than that I've nothing to apologize for."

She didn't know; didn't know what his nemeses were capable of and what they would gladly do; wasn't aware that Bea was an exception among exceptions - and yet so eerily similar to her progenitors that it wasn't enough to put him completely at ease. Hinako didn't know what they could do, and [i]would[/i] do, if given the opportunity, and didn't know that for them, evil as was defined by human standards was the norm.

He paused. "Oh, right, that, and I haven't gotten your name," he ended with a faint smile. It'd be awkward to just call her by [i]you[/i] all the time.

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