The decreased proximity helps immediately, which is significant in and of itself to Jasper. Generally he needs to remove himself from the situation when he comes up against his limits. He can still remember how difficult it had been to be around Bella before she'd been turned. His horrific lapse at her birthday party. It had taken him weeks to forgive himself for that, in no small part due to Bella's immediate forgiveness, even in the moment.

It's easier with Natasha, it's been easier from the beginning, and he isn't certain if that isn't because she really is meant to be with them. Edward had grown accustomed to Bella so quickly, despite how enticing she'd smelled, more so than most humans. Is that happening to him? The compliment makes him duck his head and smile, before he looks up at her again, watching with a lopsided smile.

He can take a breath now and almost ignore entirely the burning thirst. "I can guarantee that. This isn't the first time we've experienced something like this...someone like you. Edward's wife Bella, she was human when they first met," he says, relaxing some now, the line of his shoulders loosens. "I had the most difficulty then too. Nearly killed her at her own birthday party once, just from a paper cut."