His response has her eyes opening just in time for her to let out a nervous laugh, the veins fading and the fangs clicking back. "It does," she says, breathless in her quiet astonishment. "Every time I've told someone about this... they freak out and..." Her mouth twists. "That's the other thing I can do... I can compel people. Manipulate their thoughts and memories, make them do things. And most of the time, I have to make people forget they know what I am."