I think you're right, but that's part of why I have faith. That intensity is part of Hiei's strength — the same strength that other people like him possess and have harnessed for the sake of their survival.

[In theory, anyway. Kurama didn't really believe there was anyone else quite like Hiei in all the world. Not this one or the world from which they came. His very angry and very fierce little partner was one of a kind. As well as someone he would need to contend with before long. This situation Kit had forced them into wasn't one he could permit to fester forever. Eventually they would need to speak...

...perhaps sooner than the other teen would like, what with the time of Awakening looming so close around the bend.

For now, however, Kurama was well aware he had put far too much on his host's shoulders. It was awfully kind of her to listen and be so helpful, but unkind of him to burden her after already asking such a steep favor. It was time to turn the spotlight off himself, as much to play the part of gracious guest as to spare himself the discomfort.

Or perhaps learn something.]

Speaking of survival...I hope you will forgive my asking, but I find it rather curious. Do people simply not see the changes the 'Awakened' go through at night?

[Did her own family not see the sudden paleness her skin adopted? Would his own not see past the illusion of Kit Florentine if he ever changed?]