[That is not what we would call... an ideal reaction.
And he's watching her reaction carefully, too. Of course she'd be afraid, even when he's trying not to specifically strike fear into her; what sense would that make? But nothing about what he looks like is calming, or doesn't send the imagination wheeling. There's no hiding what that place turned him into: a monster.
And that's fine.
He just needs to acclimate her to this reality. Gently.]
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And he's watching her reaction carefully, too. Of course she'd be afraid, even when he's trying not to specifically strike fear into her; what sense would that make? But nothing about what he looks like is calming, or doesn't send the imagination wheeling. There's no hiding what that place turned him into: a monster.
And that's fine.
He just needs to acclimate her to this reality. Gently.]
...Do you want me to end the illusion there?