Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20141010002549/@comment-10390252-20141022082618

I've got the impression that Cinder is a very predatory personality. I think that Ruby's 'rabbit in teh headlights' reaction to meeting her face-to-face was just that - an instinctive fear response to meeting someone that, on a certain level, she knew had maign intentions towards her. Ruby's training and intellectual side would have fought against that instinctive response, hence her ambigious behaviour. Her gut told her that she should fear this woman but her mind didn't understand why; the conflict made her hesitate.

As for Roman, I've said before that I think that he is genuinely attracted to Cinder in the way a narcissistic thrill-seeker is to a dangerous pet - He loves being around someone so very, very dangerous and gets a thrill from testing just how far he can go with her. Her touching him like that would have been a buzz like no other.