The little detail almost brought a smile on his face - and he had to fight the urge to laugh it off. So bluntly assuming he played for the other team - well, it wouldn't be a first time someone assumed that. But no matter how much he fought to suppress any emotion from his face, seeing her sport nine tails widened his eyes in shock. Whether she saw it or not didn't matter, trying to act like it didn't phase him wouldn't do much good. He was genuinely surprised and his emotions didn't stop at mere surprise.

She was looking straight at him now, waiting to see his reaction. And he was shaking. More precisely, his hands were shaking, only slightly, but they were. She wasn't just a serial killer. She was something quite else and even if he did notice her ears before, they were easily faked. Those nine tails... not so much.

What was that emotion he felt? Disregarding her gaze for a moment, he took in her new features. "You are absolutely wonderful," he let out quietly. It wasn't fear, it wasn't doubt - it was pure excitement. Adrenaline made his heart skip a beat. His behaviour was far from him losing his calm, far from it. He was even more determined to have her on his side now.

"Let me get this straight - you are some sort a half fox, half human... being," he opted for a more polite version of the word "creature", although that described her pretty good as well. "And you need hearts, because they'd make you a complete human - somehow? That's all I have on you." He shrugged, but his heart wanted to yell out - [I]what do you take me for? An idiot?[/I]

Luckily for him, his mind was much more dependable. "And how would you make those hearts turn you into a human? More importantly, have many more do you need - having said yourself that you took a lot of them already."

If he played his cards correctly, he could use her help in taking out the whole organisation. And she would get her hearts. He still didn't completely believe her appearance. There were more than few hallucinogenic drugs around - she could be just playing him in order to establish her dominance. He would have to take her words with a certain amount of caution, not wanting to get himself in a trap.

"I could help you. But," he finally looked directly at her, his body calm once again, "what would I get from helping you?"