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Re: Calling on the doctor. Tag: Natari, others.t
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Dr. Van looked thoughtful, as he usually did during such deep conversations as this one.
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Yes, I could see you perhaps putting them down, much as animals are done, although I could not see myself doing likewise. I would much rather turn them to humans again, so as to reestablish the original inhibitions these killers felt before, when they were humans. Then again, there is no guarantee that they would have such inhibitions again, unless, he paused as he thought about what she had said. ?you know, I think you actually have the right idea about the organs and transfusions. Those would perhaps teach the body and the brain how to¡, His eyes brightened as understanding dawned, that¡¯s, it, he pointed to his own head, then scratched his chin, face seeming to bask in at least partial triumph. You, my friend, are a genius. The answer, I think, lies largely within the brain. One would either have to modify the current vampiric brain to teach it?to think human again, or, replace said vampiric brain with the human brain from a willing donor.?A large part of the transformation either way, lies in what the brain learns, and what it can process. For instance tell me, if you will, once you were turned, how long did it take you to¡, Learn, how to be a vampire? I know you had a teacher and all, but were you ready the first night? Or does it usually take a while for a new one to get the hang of things? Does one come to enjoy the taste of blood immediately? Or, does it take a while? Are there those who simply cannot handle the taste of blood? I have been concentrating too much on the body, and that is definitely part of it, but the brain governs the body, does it not? ?this will probably sound rather morbid, even to you, but what would happen if a human brain and a vampiric brain were?switched? Would?the human become a vampire, or the vampire become a human? There¡¯s any myriad of possibilities here. ?I do not think anyone has ever examined the brains of either, so as to properly compare, and contrast them. He nodded when she agreed with him about fearing what they didn¡¯t know. He was so captivated by his idea about human brains and vampiric brains, that he almost missed her question about, what if he were her, but he caught the questions just ?in time. He chuckled. Pardon me,?I am trying to picture you,?as me, and what I find even more humorous is the picture of me, as you. His face then became serious once again. I would like to say no, that I would not turn him, and yet, the problem with that answer is that I cannot see myself even as you, without at least a portion of my experimental nature. It was apparent that he was not only deep in thought, but honestly trying to put himself into her place, as if he could actually become her, simply by thinking about it. Such ideas in his mind were preposterous at best, but it was amusing for him to imagine them, and to almost bring them into reality, imagining them as though they were actual facts. He gazed at her then, as if he were trying to look into her very soul, not stealing, but borrowing, the thoughts, and images of what it was actually like to be her, in her place, to think as she would think. One could easily say he was trying to empathize with her in the deepest way possible. ?but what frightened Helsing, was the same thing that simultaneously amused, and intrigued him. It was easy enough, with enough use of the imagination, to imagine himself as Natari, even as he listened to her speak, and enjoyed a growing understanding of her. But what was difficult, yet frighteningly simple, was to imagine himself, as himself, in her place. He, the God-fearing scientist, now living and walking is the very thing he had once hunted, the very creature he had once sought so desperately to kill, as if it could be his only passion in life, his life¡¯s?blood. And there was that word, the last word, seeming to pierce through his heart, like a stray?arrow, or perhaps, much like a well placed fang. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 4:39 AM, Hugin <blaisegellert@...> wrote:
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