Something had changed, most certainly.
Isla found she cherished the way this occurred and happened. That she had simply been able to make him falter, bow out. It mattered not if her own face bled or her chest bruised. His opening to get away was there as she ceased finally. She didn't want to kill the boy, much like a rabbit. No, she only wanted to scare him, to remind him of things that he just didn't seem to understand!
He could escape and she would graciously let him.
Not without a few more warning clicks of her teeth though, hoping to send him far away from her and her now ruined meal.