Seria stifled a laugh as he started off dramatically. "You're a mess, you know that?" she teased with a cheeky grin, stifling her laughter and shaking her head. "A hot mess. That's what you are." the playful teasing was evident in her voice. "Yes, I suppose you are." she replied, her voice more serious than playful, although her tone remained light. "Well, you know. After the whole burning you to a crisp thing, anyways."  she half-chuckled and shrugged lightly.<br/><br/>"Mmm, no, I suppose it isn't." she replied in a sweet voice before giving a shrug as she absentmindedly twirled a small amount of her blonde hair with her finger. "I couldn't help you on that one, though. I've never much cared for unnecessary struggles. Not that I lack self-control, I just figure there are better uses of my energy than fighting something like that. It's not as if fighting with it changes it, either. Just makes you miserable because you refuse to accept it." her blue eyes met his green gaze and she smiled, amused by the purely matter-of-fact tone with which he spoke the latter. "Thanks. You're not too bad yourself." she replied with a coy smile.<br/><br/>Her gaze followed him as he crossed the space between them and took a seat on the couch opposite her. She only briefly entertained the thought that the bashful smile was actually kind of cute, before she brushed the thought from her mind as though it had never been there. "Yes, that would be rather inconvenient, and potentially quite disastrous. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about making such a foolish mistake."<br/><br/>She not oblivious to the look in his eyes as his gaze seemed to fix on her neck, or more specifically the pulsing of her jugular, most likely. She made no attempts to move away from him, even as he licked his lips and began to lean in, his hand slowly reaching out before he abruptly regained his composure and stood, crossing the room and taking a seat in the recliner. "Of course we won't leave before dawn. There's no reason to, and the daylight gives us every possible advantage." she replied, completely unfazed by the display moments before, going on as though it had never happened. "Yes, that does seem to be the best place to go." she concurred. "We can leave in the morning, after dawn, then. I suppose for tonight, we rest." she spoke the latter almost as a question, despite the fact that it was posed as a statement rather than a question.