[Kaoru's own expression is unreadable for a few seconds, but eventually shifts into something less subtly hostile than it had been upon the initial suggestion.]

I'll only have an alibi as long as it's within a 24 hour period of being bitten. [a sigh! fast healing is hard when you... need to be a crafty murderer?!] Still, I will consent to this if it should keep you at top form. We'll need as many of us in as good a shape as possible to be victorious, both physically and mentally.