Sesshomaru didn't expect her to be able to put it in words. But so long as they shared a common rage, that's what mattered most. "I do not prefer benevolence today or tomorrow."
Rin considered him for a moment. He was doing it again. Hardly blinking, as if fixated on something unseen in the corner across the hut. Stillness so inhuman she almost flinched when his head turned to her. "No," she said. "I don't suppose you wouldn't."
"My instincts are old," he thought to explain, because she won't be angry forever. "If they are ugly, that is because they were necessary to me."
And it was then Rin realized he never had to learn to hold his own kind, or any demon in contempt. It came naturally. Perhaps when he was very young. "Am I in danger?" she asked suddenly.
"You will be."
"Then I'll be praying for your victory."
Truly, one of the best things he had ever heard from her.
This was pretty challenging to edit. Because when I think of Rin, I don't see her as vengeful. But in this situation, after finding out her horse was killed just to spite her (and Sesshomaru), it seemed like a natural reaction.
