[ She's right to view him as a threat. She's seen his face. She can't live to tell others of it. No one in Hei's world has survived a confrontation with the Black Reaper. Somehow, that makes it simpler. He can drop the pretense, the sugar-and-fluff facade. ]
[ He can bare the predator's teeth he's kept painstakingly hidden. ]
[ He watches as she fights monsters, crippling and electrocuting opponents at his own end. In his head, he's calculating the potential places to swoop at Korra from, the potential angles to deliver a shock-dose, the number of monsters he has to cut down before making his move. It's all done in a split-second. Hei can gauge how to avoid impact from bullets and explosives if need be. A human up against a lifetime of supernatural opponents must appear superhuman too. ]
[ With a howl and a blood-splatter, the last monster falls. Knife raised, Hei lunges in on Korra in one action, hilt of his weapon angled toward her with bone-crunching force, aiming to connect with the underside of her jaw. ]
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[ He can bare the predator's teeth he's kept painstakingly hidden. ]
[ He watches as she fights monsters, crippling and electrocuting opponents at his own end. In his head, he's calculating the potential places to swoop at Korra from, the potential angles to deliver a shock-dose, the number of monsters he has to cut down before making his move. It's all done in a split-second. Hei can gauge how to avoid impact from bullets and explosives if need be. A human up against a lifetime of supernatural opponents must appear superhuman too. ]
[ With a howl and a blood-splatter, the last monster falls. Knife raised, Hei lunges in on Korra in one action, hilt of his weapon angled toward her with bone-crunching force, aiming to connect with the underside of her jaw. ]