[Hiei rests a hand on him and the fox turns red eyes on the other demon instead, mouth opening in a gesture he has no doubt by now learned means to back off. There isn't any real aggression behind it, more a response of annoyance, even if his posture does seem to visibly calm under the touch despite the initial reaction.
Kurama closes his mouth as his head turns back to the mutant when his name is spoken, seeming to consider him more thoughtfully now, trying to piece together why he's familiar. Even as he relaxes his form appears ever changing, that smoke spreading over his body and apparently transforming solid flesh into the ghost-like wisps that had started along the edges of his fur.
He does not want to hurt Scott - or anyone, really - and his own wish to protect others even at detriment to himself manifests by making it so that he can't, at least in that smokescreen illusions can't physically harm, they are geared towards tricks of the mind, after all.]
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Kurama closes his mouth as his head turns back to the mutant when his name is spoken, seeming to consider him more thoughtfully now, trying to piece together why he's familiar. Even as he relaxes his form appears ever changing, that smoke spreading over his body and apparently transforming solid flesh into the ghost-like wisps that had started along the edges of his fur.
He does not want to hurt Scott - or anyone, really - and his own wish to protect others even at detriment to himself manifests by making it so that he can't, at least in that smokescreen illusions can't physically harm, they are geared towards tricks of the mind, after all.]