Everything was happening too fast for them to comprehend all at once.

This woman with the pointed cat ears was with Nevin. As in, romantically involved with him. She also seemed to not be very intelligent, or at least spoke like a naive child. Especially with the candy comment and her blatant disregard for the bowl of candies showed that she was at least easily distracted. At the mention of being able to not only see souls but manipulate them, Ezra slid back as far as they could until their back was against the wall. This simple cat-woman could manipulate souls!? By the actual Fates, was Nevin just attracting all kinds of crazy powerful entities around him!?

"...We can be friends, sure. However, you will stay out of arms reach of me at all times and you will never use your magic on me in any way, shape, or form. Understood?" Ezra hissed, giving Nevin a look of anger and confusion. The conversation the two had had prior was still fresh in their mind, and there was too much information unanswered and too many variables to be aware of for the non-homunculus to be comfortable. The indigo lightning around their hand subsided, and they began to take deep breaths. They needed to regroup mentally and probe more about this woman and her sudden relationship with Nevin.

"...So, Nevin." Ezra asked, not even bothering to add the 'sir' in front with their usual formality, "You have found yourself a lady friend. Where did you meet her? How long have you known each other? Is she the one with the daughter, or a different woman?" The questions were shot out rapid fire, but with no tone of accusation or negativity behind them. They simply wanted answers. The truth made everything okay. The truth was unchangeable and couldn't be argued. The truth was safety.