[ That apt silence is enough to tell Mika that Rion still seems on the fence about whether or not he can trust him, knowing what he was now. His brows draw together in a small frown, before his expression falls a touch.

It's genuinely open, vulnerable and not something a vampire with purely evil, malice-filled intentions would wear. Not believably, anyway. Sure, he'd lost control a couple times over the years but he'd always stopped himself before anything bad had happened and now he was past that and had someone to ground him here. To make sure that would never happen again; he had to stay strong now. ]

...It's alright. Most people distrust vampires where I come from... but i'm trying... to show i'm not like them. I'm not a monster.

[ The tone he spoke with was soft, borderline defeated. Really, he was just wanting the other to know he wasn't like the other vicious vampires who'd sooner treat Rion like livestock and bite him once he got bored of him or whatever. That wasn't who he was. ]

Please. Don't judge me just based off of what I am. Before you had known, we were getting along fine... that shouldn't change.