"Surprise…", Dean said, with a stern face, making Clay give a step back. He was afraid of something in Dean's aura. There was something different about him that he couldn't grasp at the first moment.
'What happened to this boy? This feeling I have right now isn't something like adrenaline due to the heat of the battle, nor apprehension. Something is missing that I cannot notice…'
Clay glanced at Kevin, trying to see if there was something like that showing on his face as well. In the end, the man looked like feeling the same as him.
'This expression clearly shows how uneasy he is about this situation, just like me,' Clay reasoned. 'Since it's not an individual feeling, something surely is different about Dean.'