"Ah." He doesn't say something like 'oh, you can see it as well?' because it's quite clear that she can and that's troubling. Looking down at his feet, he can see the blood-smoke curl about him like an overly friendly pet.

"Generally speaking, no." He hasn't fully transformed, just a gentle surprise slip into a smidge of monster. The problem is less that he's a monster, but rather whether or not this is a new monster. He'd thought that the possession had ended, and it might've, but how can he know for sure? "It's happened before, but not in some time."