Cora was puzzled for lack of better description of her emotions, there was a small change in Damien with how he spoke. This caught Cora off guard as she staired up at him, she wasn't sure what to say, because honestly it was kind of sweet. She didn't break though, her attitude on the outside was still a stone-cold wall. Her eyes could burn holes into his soul, she wanted to know more about this boy, she wanted to know what made him tick, what made him as an individual scared. Her aura alone not doing much to bother him. His question rang through her ears.
"have you ever met someone who didn’t run away from your fire? Someone who was drawn to it instead?"
As she was thinking about what the question, she heard a slight hiss, slightly looking around him she noticed the bottle rocket, but before she could comprehend what was about to go on, it went off with a loud POP! Her heart be speed up and she got chills as Damiens fear of the nose radiated through her. It was a fun filling for Cora, as for the boy not so much, she noticed how he lost his cocky demeanor for a bit, and his soft embarrassed chuckle was actually kind of cute, it made her icy demeanor break slightly as she smiled at him. With a soft giggle "are you ok?" she asked him, she could feel his fear which feed even more interest she had for the boy. When he isn't being cocky he actually seemed like a nice kid. "Well, it was for you" she said with a sly smirk. It's always fun with unexpected scares, they were right up there with causing the fear herself.
"Anyways, as for you question, I guess I can give you that much" she said with a sigh, the jump scare definitely put her into a slightly better mood "No I haven't, I have people that don't run at first, but they do eventually" she continued as she started up at him, his softer demeanor a sight to see, it actually attracted her, "I will say, you haven't beat the amount of time it took someone to run from me" she says with a suggestive smile, as if she was challenging him.