<div class="floatright">(https://68.media.tumblr.com/c6b0fa278ef9327aa829d0372b4f079f/tumblr_omknedNOlH1r09teho1_1280.png)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Corbin the Demon</strong></div></div>Corbin calmed down considerably once the horse was pacified; he had no rapport with animals, and without Adan and Niamh present, he was sure Snowdrop would have tried to run him down and trample him with those fine equine hooves. He was no stranger to animals seeking to do him harm.<br/><br/>Corbin couldn't help but grin with Niamh said that hdidn't mean anything by it, that he was just opinionated, and he quipped, "Hmm. Adan would probably say the same thing about me at times. What a thing to have in common with a horse."  He didn't bother to try to pretend kindness towards the horse; he just kept his distance. There was no such thing as an animal that<em>liked</em>him naturally, though given his affinity for despair and shadow, he periodically got on with owls and bats, but only thanks to his magic. Without his powers, such creatures would probably try to rip his eyes out.<br/><br/>He didn't hear what Adan said in that conspirational whisper, but if he had, he would almost assuredly said something ribald about seeing who would wind up on all fours like a beast by the end of the week. But he didn't hear it, instead hearing Adan introduce them to the woman and then ask who she was.<br/><br/>"And where might you be headed, in addition to your name?" the demon asked, his voice rife with curiosity. He wanted to know more about her. He could appreciate her in many ways; she gave the impression of being outspoken and unafraid to break rules, and in truth there was little that could draw Corbin's attention like that sort of trait. It was one thing that made him like Adan as much as he did.<br/><br/>He edged a hint closer to her, though his cagey eyes still kept a lookout over their surroundings. Corbin was used to simply not being safe. He was a demon, a reformed one albeit, in a world hostile to his kind, and to whom his own kind would still be hostile thanks to his urges to try to do good. Some demons might have even thought of Corbin as 'corrupted' by goodness, the same way humans often thought of mortals associating with Corbin as being 'corrupted' by evilness.