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"One human is enough to fully saciate me as you put
it. A good meal for you should be its equivalent or more fittingly enough food
to keep you satisfied all day. Many vampires as you are likely aware live in
more isolated areas where the pickings are thin so they do not...eat as well.
The snack here and there without killing a person but never get full. IT keeps
the villagers from suspecting and hunting them down and they don't kill off all
the food so I suppose it works. I've always been a city girl. I like the big
places and busy life and in such there are always enough lives to keep us fed
without it being too obvious. If I am here or if I am not many people are dying
here in London daily. From murder of their own, poor nutrition, accidents at
work, machines blowing up."
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She smiled at that then shaking her head explained,
"It is just this machine thing is so new for me and I have lived centuries
without such. You are older for humans so the factories, the industrial age as
they call this, is new for you as well, but I have seen more time without it so
it is a bit awe inspiring. I heard some even burn themselves to death in the
bath because the water heaters blow or something."
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She smiled when he recopied his notes. "Thank you
for that. I appreciate it."
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Running her hands up her arms she couldn't help but
shiver remembering the chains Oliver had bound her in burning her skin.
bastard.
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"Many would hunt you down and kill you were they to
discover where you live...For hunting vampires no matter your reasons so it is
good that you are careful."
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Oliver wouldn't bother but many would. Oliver
believed he was teaching her self defense, and Helsing had been kind enough to
put a healing salve on her wounds rather than taking her out while she was weak.
Her coming to him had mainly been to annoy Oliver but it was admittedly a stupid
move.
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"I ain't anti social," Leti protested
loudly.
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"You never make any sense," She chastised Henry
with a frown and shake of her head.
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"Fears," Oliver snorted, shaking his head at
Henry.
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"You must be mad," he proclaimed. Leti nodded
sagely.
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It was amusing to Oliver, the shock of it all. The
revelations made by these humans, extraordinary as they were then one of them
believing HE or any vampire would actually use their skills in service to them.
Even if this doctor' would pay him, he wasn't interested.
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"Precisely who's mind do you want tampered with,"
he asked, curious for all of that.
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"Simply because you do not need to drink blood and
you can walk in the sunlight doesn't make you better than a vampire,Oliver
chuckled with another incredulous shake of his head.
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"From my understanding you had no idea your potion
would make you immortal. That was an accident and you would only be aware now
because your lady here has told you."
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Rena, for her part, wasn't truly focused on the
conversation, her mind instead on Caligari so she was quick to answer Henry's
question.
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"He's hard to kill because somehow he can body hop.
I have no idea how anyone can do that."
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"He's got one of both of us, then," Oliver told
Henry, indicating clearly that he couldn't body hop either.
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"So does this make him the most superior of beings,
then," he asked, thin lips twisting up into a rare smile of
amusement.
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Was he teasing someone? When was the last time he'd
done that? Several centuries.Perhaps when he was mortal.
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开云体育"Very recently actually. Right after I realized how you useful you are to me. For your ability to ensnare the mind. For your physical strength. And for your anti?social charm so reminiscent of Leticia's here. Not everybody would be automatically accepted to be my body guard, but you certainly qualify, my dear. Do not let your fears and inadequacies stand in the way, by the way. You have passed the test. You proved yourself. I accept you now. Yes, it is true?as unbelievable as it may be.?And you are very welcome, I know you will thank me later," Henry smugly reassured the vampire.
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"Of course I consider it to be superior. I get to be my true self. My reflexes are faster. My instincts are sharper. My acuity and physical prowess are enhanced. And my mind is in the right place, implying it is uninhibited by?irrelevant considerations that plague lesser minds. It is similar to being a vampire,?only better. Vampires are primitive killers with some limitations. I am equally good at killing, and I?am not going to be caught sucking blood. And besides, some vampiric lore, though widely disbelieved in this rational age, is at least known. My?attributes and weaknesses are too individual to ever have been recorded. At least as far as I know.?You are rare, but still fairly common, you follow the same pattern as others of your kind. I am unique. There are none like me, not mentally, nor physically, with Rena here being the only exception I am hitherto aware of. I am unique, I am special, I am indeed a superior being. Far above ordinary humans, a predator in my own right.
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It does seem regrettably like I have some limitations though, so I will accept your services. Rena?my darling, when you say that Caligari is not?easy to kill, let me preface my words with a qualification that I am not averse to a?slow methodical killing any more than Leticia here is. And yet, how shall we proceed with this. What makes this kill difficult and how can the difficulty be overcome?" Henry wondered, his friendly, wicked, light hearted expression turning into that of intense determination. ???? |
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"Don't put my name in that," Natari told the doctor
with a laugh, gesturing to his notes.
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"It could get me killed."
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Though she laughed she spoke the
truth.
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At the rest of his words her face became
serious.
"Yes some would fear me and what amuses me about
that is their own lot, humans, will kill them too. Those simply don't look like
predators in many cases until it's too late. There are also those humans who
romanticize us, though. They are in their way as extreme as the ones who fear
those of us that they don't need to fear. Those sorts of humans tend to believe
it's all pretty rather than predatory, and they either become rather dangerous
if someone does turn them or they regret their choices later."
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"I think those who regret their choice would be
glad to try your fake blood if such ever exists," she concluded with a
chuckle.
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"As for what I miss about being mortal, to be
honest not much though I am sure others would give you different answers. The
sun is a thing I miss and the inconvenience of having to sleep through the day
or die. It really makes sure one gets enough sleep, though," she added with a
light chuckle.
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"I feel there are far more benefits to vampirism.
Immortality, strength, speed, immortality," she chuckled again.
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"One would think I should miss food but due to the
changes our body undergoes, food doesn't even smell good and so it isn't
tempting. The smell of blood and the taste of it makes me hungry now. I once
heard women with child speaking of food smelling badly. This is because they are
undergoing a physical change and vampires certainly have."
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As she sat in the chair, she idly watched him at
his notes, still feeling a bit surreal for being there.
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开云体育"When did we decide I am to be your body guard? I
decline by the by," Oliver said dryly.
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"No killing Caligari isn't that simple sadly," Rena
said."You said he is a body hopper, Henry, so he'll just go get himself another,
though we aren't exactly sure what procedures if any are necessary for that or
how long it takes him to do so."
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"Those are possible,"Oliver murmured the question
already obviously knowing the answer. "That's a new one."
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Many in one night, how astounding.
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"Your potion regresses you and you consider this
superior," he asked Henry, attention returning to the man's explanation of how
his potion worked.
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Leti was silent and thoughtful, attentively taking
every word of the conversation in.
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开云体育"That is a pity, that nobody knows the secret. I
like understanding the origins of a species. It helps understand its point
better.
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It is exactly that, the blood in question.?The
vampire blood must contain something. I just cannot figure out what it could be
to alter so the most basic physiological structures.?
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My potion has a similar affect, Though on a more
sophisticated level, I dare venture. Rest assured, your services as my body
guard will not be outright rejected. What I mean by a higher level is not who
the greatest brawler is, but who has the best mental development.
That?would be me, after I consume the potion, and my Lady here, due to her
own?remarkable capacity you have been made privy to.
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My potion is of course based on the subtlest
understanding of human nature. A move backwards in time. towards an essential
nature currently lost to the majority of the so called humans.
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Not that I expect you to appreciate the higher
nature of my quest. As dearest Leticia here has informed you,?you and her
share this most basic of vulgarities, that a superior being like me must learn
to tolerate in a fellow creature. This coarseness, the brutality of spirit, so
limiting as it is useful at other times," Henry jovially complained,
uncomfortable with the whole Caligari issue for the?moment.
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He knew he would get comfortable, as soon as he
laid his hands on the man who?so?frustrated his gentlest of
ladies.?
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"A?most worthy?intention that, I am
reminded once again why I require the assistance of somewhat lower creatures
like yourself and Leticia. Kill him if you must, but better yet, question him if
you may. Unless my lady objects of course, for she knows more about the
miscreant than I ever could.
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Only something tells me that more thorough
information may present the solution to disposing of the said enemy," Henry Hyde
mused, utterly abandoning his whimsical attempt at a light hearted conversation
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"Had I been asked, as a girl, if I wanted to kill
homeless people I"d say no. Had I been asked as a girl if homeless people could
die instead of me had I a reason to choose, I"d have said yes but perhaps felt
badly about it. Had I been asked if I'd rather die than sate my hunger on the
worst of society I suppose I'd have made the choice I did. But even so once
under the change, with the heightened senses, and hunger, the choice is easier.
Just as you said I remained myself so chose homeless over anyone I could grab.
And some do enjoy killing sadly, but those people are over eager predators.
There is something that comes out in a person if they have potions and it shows
the evil person. I don't believe innocent people become evil vampires, though,"
she said.
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"I'm not sure if I believe suck manufactured blood
is possible, but if you or someone else were to come up with such a formula, I
would consider it after many others of my kind had tried it for a year or so and
survived."
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She chuckled.
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Obviously this meant she valued her life above
sparing that of others she deemed worthy of death, but not so much that she'd
not avoid it if possible.
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"Some enjoy the hunt and perhaps that is natural
but I never had it in me."
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"I never said drinking blood made one a
vampire,"Oliver said with a frown.
"I said drinking the blood of a vampire makes one a
vampire. No one living, of whom I am aware, knows how vampires came to be, but
obviously the first underwent something. Radiation, perhaps, something for
sure."
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He shrugged.
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"Whatever it is makes it so that sun light burns us
and if we are exposed for long to ashes."
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He looked thoughtful at Henry's
revelation.
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"So what shape is this that you are in
now?"
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Rena decided to share her secret in case he could
be of use. It wasn't as if he'd be telling after what they knew. She took a deep
breath.
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"I'm here from the year 2019. I am married to him
in the future so his potion ended up making him immortal as well though it
wasn't his specific intention."
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She saw no reason not to share that because Henry'd
admitted the potion itself.
"I didn't bring myself back and have no idea how it
was done save that it was likely by an enemy who wants my family's dream
powers."
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For the first time in a very long time, Oliver
blinked, then blinked again as his mind struggled with the information. He could
tell the girl wasn't lying.
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"What has this enemy to do with me?
Dreams?"
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"Nothing. We were just wondering if you were ill, we didn't know what you were, obviously and my family can control dreams and even kill people in their sleep with them in short, though it's a lot more than that." ?
Oliver nodded, still looking baffled.
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"And I ain't twisted like he keeps goin' on about,"Leti protested. "'e only
says that because I told him to let the Victor bloke alone. He decided to twist
that into I said we should cook and eat him."
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Oliver gave a short laugh. "Now that's some good redirecting."
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Rena told Oliver all they knew of Caligari mostly because why not if he
could be helpful.
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"Never seen anyone like that but if I do I'll avoid them...or kill
them?"
He arched his brows at Henry with a chuckle.
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开云体育"Of course it did to you, my dear. With your kind of stomach for all ugly things, you don't even notice true beauty anymore. For you this bat would be like any other indeed. It is a miracle you have been able to highly regard the charms of my lady. But even that is no testament to your taste. I speculate it has to do more with the fact that my Rena can even enchant a stone heart such as yours, which is not a criticism, by any means, I highly appreciate?your inclination," Henry objected, his joke only mildly strained under the pressure of the vampire's revelation.
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He was a man of science, in the truest sense of the world. He had a flexible mind and even understood better than most what was possible. So he did not expect to fully strain his credulity through Oliver's revelation. He had expected for his mind to revel that his conclusions about greater possibilities in the world were true. But all his mind could do, until it came up with a plausible conclusion, was to keep playing catch up, until?it came up with some proper reasons to?explain what he has just seen.
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"But it has to do more than just supply sustenance," Henry peevishly objected, still trying to come to terms. "If I were to try and consume blood, nothing would happen. So a radical change must have taken place...Some form of radiation as discovered by Herschel. Or,?I don't know, a brain anomaly as observed in mental patients in Bedlam. Or even a form of alchemy...never mind, such changes, they take a sophisticated mind to behold. you would not know what I am talking about. I don't suppose any of the scientifically minded among your kind ever wrote a treatise that explains the origins of your species?
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Very well, let it be my turn. As for my own secrets, they have to do with my ability to change my?physical appearance. It is no trickery or illusion, but a purely scientific mechanism for me to alter myself. With a potion. See, unbelievable it is, is it not? The other unbelievable things do not rightfully belong to me so I have no right to disclose them," Henry Hyde hedged, trying to?spare Rena the need to talk about?her family or any of the other strangeness that has befallen her recently.??
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Natari?considered for a second then
shrugged.
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"I suppose the homeless I chose were always drunks
or looked particularly down and out. I suppose I never considered how one would
look who had just hit a spot of misfortune."
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She sighed.
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"I suppose one's morals must change when they
become vampires or anything truly. Were I to turn you into a tiger if such could
be done, your morality and what you considered appetizing would surely change as
well. If we constrain ourselves to human morality, it would be a denial of
reality for we aren't human and so our morality can't be the same anymore than
our needs and desires are."
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Natari chuckled.
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"I don't eat meat, actually. I just drink these days." ?
She knew that he understood the flaw in his suggestion and was only
teasing.
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"The animal blood is somewhat like this vegetarianism of which you speak
but with even less sustenance. I have heard that as people do require the
vitamins found in meat the vegetables aren't enough truly anyway, so I don't
recommend it," she said with a chuckle.
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"Yes the condemned would be wonderful but there are two problems with it.
One there aren't enough of them to feed us all were we all able to do so and for
another were we to kill all the criminals condemned to death, it would be
noticed and more like you would discover us eventually and hunt our kind down or
at least start a blood bath by trying. Some do take the condemned though, it has
happened before, just there are those reasons to explain why it can not always
happen."
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? "It just looked like a bat," Leti scoffed
doubtfully when Henry insulted Oliver's bat form. The vampire actually looked
mildly shocked and put upon when Henry insulted his bat form.
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"A Satanist," he gave a short chuckle and shook his
head. "And no, vampires are not born. I was turned during the first black plague
when I would've died. A plague doctor believe it or not. My entire family had
parished of the plague and I was waiting to join them when he...believed he did
me the kindness of saving me."
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The old bitter ironic twist hit his belly again,
and he looked away as his expression twisted, unwilling to show that to
anyone.
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"The blood...It serves as food to us," he said,
glad to have something else on which to focus, basic as it may be.
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He was disappointed in such primitive questions
from a doctor while at the same time impressed that the man nor his lady
companions hadn't screamed, fainted, run or attempted to kill him. Impressive
truly.
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"Now I am afraid it is your turn."
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开云体育"No kidding, " Henry exclaimed when he witnessed the transformation. "How interesting. Bats can be occasionally most adorable, but yours is about as ugly as your human persona, no offense. How on Earth did you manage??to become such an ugly bat," Henry marveled. "I honestly did not think vampires could do that. It seems so unscientific," he complained.
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"Alright, so you made a suggestion. But what makes our Leti likely to accept it? As you have seen, she is most taciturn when she wishes to be, she even denies her favorite hobbies?and other things besides that I won't mention until we know?you better," Hyde smirked. "But truly, why is it that your suggestion is so effective? And what is it about the blood that makes you stronger anyway? I bet I could drink blood all day long and would never get the benefits. Were you born this way? Did you have to perform dark rituals on a moonlit night, pray to your Lord Satan? How does it all work," the good doctor wondered, convinced most of all by Rena's confirmation that it was all real.?
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Leti ignored most of the doctor's odd and annoying
suggestions about her nonexistent cannibalism because he was only trying to
annoy her so she couldn't allow him to succeed. At least not fully. She did
smile, pleased with his encouragement when it came to quitting her job. IT was
still hard to believe he was actually going to let her work for
him.
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"I'll study hard," she promised. "I'll be at your
place early in the morning sharp and I'll get some books if you'll let me borrow
em.I'll be real careful with them I promise," she said, tone eager and
sincere.
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She knew she'd have long hours studying when not
working for him but she would do it. She wanted to be worth having
around.
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Oliver studied Henry with a smile of amusement on
his face as he silently weighed his options. How to tell them what he
was.
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"So I assume I'm going first," he
said.
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"Very well. I am a vampire."
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Before they could object he was across the room in
a flash, far vaster than the human eye could track then back at Henry's side. He
lifted the larger man easily and tossed him into the hair before placing him on
his feet. He then misted, became a bat, flew around Henry's head and then misted
once again before becoming himself in the flesh.
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Leti gaped, one hand flying to her
mouth.
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"Now you gonna try an eat us," she asked in horror
and he chuckled, shaking his head.
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"I've already eaten tonight, thanks. And I'm hoping
you shall be more interesting alive. Now it's your turn," he told
Henry.
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"Vampires can't be real," Leti said shaking her
head in negation.
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Then again Rena said the same of time travel
but...And yet still... She stared at Oliver wordlessly.
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"My family is aware of vampires. Some are their
friends. More my parents and my uncle, but yeah they are real," Rena told Henry
and Leti.
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"You are aware...Now that is a surprise but at
least not the thing you have to tell me or none of you would've been surprised,"
Oliver said.
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"But is that how you made me forget what you said
to me,"Leti asked and Oliver nodded.
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"You drank my blood?"
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He shook his head. "Merely made eye contact and
made a suggestion," he assured.
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开云体育"You have seen all three of us. That means you have witnessed impressive incarnate. Of course we wouldn't walk. I have some arrangements with a few Hansomes. You know how it is, a gentleman never tells his?secrets, so nothing can be more prudent than covering them up. I have scratched a few hands here and there, so if you need your covert operations to stay covert, while you're with me, I can arrange for that...Err, well done Leticia. A neat break is all it takes. Onward and upward to a better future, and lots of cooking bodies," Henry interrupted himself with the simple pleasure of acknowledging his friend's progress.
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Seeing how Oliver, summoned a cab that was no affiliated with him and his connections, Henry merely shrugged, beginning to feel expansive about the whole adventure. "Oh yes? You are older than me because....you are in fact your house? No that can't be it. It would be too intriguing. Are you, a portrait in the house, hanging since it was built? I am not giving up yet, I have more guesses to go, I think, Unless you just want to tell me?" Henry smugly suggested, as if he scored yet another victory in front of his lady.
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