Gravis' world broke down.
'It's over!' he thought. 'Stella feels genuine fear towards me. My past actions are still fresh in her mind. She hates me!'
The fear in Stella's eyes hurt Gravis deep inside. The one person he loved feared him.
Suddenly, Gravis saw Stella's eyes darting to the corner of the hall, and her eyes widened in shock. Then, she looked around the room at the others. By now, her expression had changed to an aloof one.
However, in the end, her eyes returned to Gravis.
The fear was gone.
Instead, only confusion was left.
Gravis was also confused by Stella's actions, but then he realized.
'So, she knows,' Gravis thought. 'She has always known. I should have realized.'
However, Gravis' nervousness vanished as relief washed over him.
'She knows that I have a beast body. That was why she was afraid. She wasn't afraid of me but for me.'