Her reaction, again, isn't anything he'd anticipated. Fear, or anger, resentment, hatred, that would be appropriate. It would be expected, and serve as yet more proof of his nature.

But she isn't afraid of him. She doesn't look at him as a monster, or an enemy, or even some lost, broken boy who must be fixed. She takes him as he is, and she's declared him... 'cool.' And from what he's gleaned of her-- the parents who rejected her nature, and the world that sees her and her kind as something to fear and mistrust-- perhaps there's something of a shared thread between their experiences.

It's a surprise to even Kylo that he begins to warm to the girl. Sort of. Kind of. Just by a few degrees!

"Yeah." There might be just the smallest twinge of amusement in his voice, even though she totally tried to bewitch him and he totally just Force choked her. "I know what that's like."

Having a reputation, living up to it.

"And I wasn't trying to kill you."