Rashad gives Asadi the eye contact she seeks for a moment, but his gaze slides over to the quaking Rush still nearby. He could...anger would have its uses in this moment, and he has expended a great deal of energy in the last few minutes. But then Rush has been all but depleted; he must not take again from that source before the mortal has had time to renew himself.

And somehow, Asadi seems to know this. Rashad turns his eyes on her again, letting her take hold of his clothing as his heart beats just a little too quickly for the post-feeding rest state in which he should find himself. "You have seen it now," he replies. "I do not take anything that cannot be regained with food and rest." Unless he takes too much at once. The death of the first person he encountered in Manhattan was unfortunate, if unavoidable.