[ well, victor does basically take care of everyone in the house, and impey did build a bunch of stuff around here, so they're not even wrong?!
At Cairngorm's comment, he makes a sort of chagrined expression, smiling faintly at them in profile. ]
Well... They're not really a different species back where I'm from. Most of those stories about them aren't true. They're just a race of humans. Like... hmm... [ how to explain this to a gem. ] There are probably other "quartz"-type gems like you, right? Humans come in different types, too. We're all basically the same, but we look a little different. Vampires are like that.
[ a beat. He hesitates, then continues: ]
But I did know someone who wasn't technically "human" the way the rest of us were. She might have been more like you, actually. [ he shrugs his shoulders. ] Rather than getting used to it, it's more like that kind of thing never really mattered to me.
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At Cairngorm's comment, he makes a sort of chagrined expression, smiling faintly at them in profile. ]
Well... They're not really a different species back where I'm from. Most of those stories about them aren't true. They're just a race of humans. Like... hmm... [ how to explain this to a gem. ] There are probably other "quartz"-type gems like you, right? Humans come in different types, too. We're all basically the same, but we look a little different. Vampires are like that.
[ a beat. He hesitates, then continues: ]
But I did know someone who wasn't technically "human" the way the rest of us were. She might have been more like you, actually. [ he shrugs his shoulders. ] Rather than getting used to it, it's more like that kind of thing never really mattered to me.