Oh, there was a difference in what Belial did and what everyone else did. Perhaps not a difference in the action itself, but the motive and the understanding. Kira understood her well, perhaps because in some ways he wasn't all that different.

"Even admitting it. So shameless, it should almost be admired." A smile curled his lips, still barely more than an inch from hers, but his voice was cold and without passion. Mockery that aimed to cut.