He noticed her reaction, and considered it fair trade for his own, he was enough a gentleman not to comment on it though he wiped a hand across his face to hide the quirk of a smile on his lips before he could compose his features.  Thankfully she'd turned to look at Rin so he was confident Angel hadn't seen the expression. she had an expression on her face he couldn't quiet decipher, not quiet sadness, not quiet loneliness... maybe a bit of both a melancholy.<br/><br/>When she addressed him again he couldn't help smiling "I honestly couldn't say." he offered looking up at the small window "Ensuring you where unharmed for rins sake was one thing, but I find myself sitting here and looking out for you, it is not something I have ever done." he looked to Rin and let out a breath "Maybe she is rubbing off... I was badly injured and she found me in the forest recovering she brought me water and food but she had injuries and was dirty, just another Orphaned child.  Jaken found me and we began travelling again when I caught the smell of blood..." she trailed off frowning, he remembered seeing her there, the smell of wolf demons around her body.  He almost hadn't cared, but something had moved inside him and he found himself compelled to use the Tenseiga, he shook his head<br/><br/>"I was able to revive her and, she has stayed with me..." he said finally and looked back to the demoness "Maybe it is that, her, that compels me to help." he mused.<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>Kohana said nothing as he reached for the cloths, keeping calm and cool was her way so she was able to keep her startlingly primal reaction to his shirtless body to herself.  She was surprised to say the least, she had never had such feelings before, the men of the village had never appealed to her, even as a child she'd never had the child hood 'crushes' other girls had,  she'd thought something was wrong with her, then when she learned of her nature she'd thought it was the demon in her, unable to care for anyone, but that wasn't right either, she cared for her father, she cared for her caretakers and guards but it wasn't the same as this odd physical attraction to Onigumo.<br/><br/>"Because I can... because I hate to life wasted.  even if you where the most vile being in this world I would have saved you because life is something beautiful to be treasured." she said honestly to his question  these woods stretched far and she had witnessed many awful things among the trees and in the mountains.  What hurt her most where the ones who had killed them selves who had lost all hope for life.  She reached out fingers gently touching the mark on his back.<br/><br/>"I've never seen such a mark before." she said softly before pulling her hand away and letting it settle in her lap "Would you like to bathe?" she asked him warmly