Raphael waited for her assignment - she was observant and intelligent. Both things he admired in others. "I shouldn't. I don't know what you alliances are, or your loyalties. I know you have the ability, for whatever reason, to keep information from me, which almost none in Creation can do."

He didn't confirm or deny that he was looking of alliances, because hadn't made up his mind as to whether or not he needed them. And he didn't trust her - but he trusted few, so it was less a reflection on Mina than it might appear on the surface.

"However you also practice in a field that is my dominion, despite being something which would normally prey on humans, unless you are quite removed from what your species is in my world." He doesn't say 'something' with disdain - he's indicating a species other than 'human' and 'angel', nothing more.

"All that really suggests to me is that I should watch you before deciding whether or not to extend that trust."