[ He steps closer towards the man - man, not prey - his steps slow and small but deliberate still like a prowling hunter's far more than a concerned bystander's.
Another flash of light from a car lets him make out the man's face, now streaked with red streaks which must have been left behind by his own hand. Even so, there is something unsettlingly familiar about the face though he can barely make it out in the dark, and all familiarity is further distorted by a monster's teeth and budding horns peeking out from his sodden hair. He can't pinpoint for sure what this man is turning into but it is enough to let Jiang Cheng piece together what has driven him blood-driven into the alley. ]
No [ he says firmly, and stepping closer still, not planning to stop until he is just barely outside of grabbing - or clawing - range. ] I know what happened to you. You were hungry. You killed. [ A heartbeat passes, not that he has any such thing anymore. ] I'm hungry, too. [ And still, the hunger gnawing in him insists, wouldn't it be better to kill one that is guilty than to keep starving until he again kills the innocent? He could be sated right now, right here... ]
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Another flash of light from a car lets him make out the man's face, now streaked with red streaks which must have been left behind by his own hand. Even so, there is something unsettlingly familiar about the face though he can barely make it out in the dark, and all familiarity is further distorted by a monster's teeth and budding horns peeking out from his sodden hair. He can't pinpoint for sure what this man is turning into but it is enough to let Jiang Cheng piece together what has driven him blood-driven into the alley. ]
No [ he says firmly, and stepping closer still, not planning to stop until he is just barely outside of grabbing - or clawing - range. ] I know what happened to you. You were hungry. You killed. [ A heartbeat passes, not that he has any such thing anymore. ] I'm hungry, too. [ And still, the hunger gnawing in him insists, wouldn't it be better to kill one that is guilty than to keep starving until he again kills the innocent? He could be sated right now, right here... ]