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Post by Teja on Mar 19, 2014 0:17:20 GMT -5
"That stereotype seems to be changing, with new - details," she said hesitantly. Krolock fit the archetype, but the scientific and historical communities were all in agreement that there were very few vampire aristocrats and a much larger number of poor peasants who had been staked by frightened mobs, or people who slipped away into woods and caverns and abandoned buildings to slowly starve. It wasn't known whether or not it was a product of the vampirism or the isolation and usual mental breakdown that came with the realization of what one was.
"I'm sorry, I must seem so unbelievably rude when I talk about it."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 19, 2014 0:41:51 GMT -5
"I have developed low expectations of mortals discussing these matters," he said bluntly.
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Post by Teja on Mar 19, 2014 0:42:50 GMT -5
"You said something like that," she said weakly. "I don't mean to sound so clinical, though."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 19, 2014 0:45:07 GMT -5
"It is better than we usually fare," he said, adding a moment later, "Or rather, better than I understand many of my kind fare. Money does talk."
He smiled. It didn't quite extend to his eyes.
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Post by Teja on Mar 19, 2014 1:01:54 GMT -5
Teja looked unbelievably distraught, but she only nodded.
It wasn't a great time to talk about upsetting things. She was already upset.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 19, 2014 1:03:41 GMT -5
"I seem to be incapable of stepping clear of your sensitivities," he said, a bit sad-sounding.
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Post by Teja on Mar 19, 2014 1:08:51 GMT -5
"I think here the fault is mine," she said quietly.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 21, 2014 0:21:40 GMT -5
"You are not to be blamed for your delicacy."
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Post by Teja on Mar 21, 2014 1:20:09 GMT -5
"My delicacy?"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 21, 2014 1:24:19 GMT -5
"Your... fragility, is that the better word?"
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Post by Teja on Mar 21, 2014 1:26:48 GMT -5
"My unbelievably shitty mental health, you mean?" she said dryly, but not offendedly. She shrugged. "I'm so used to apologizing for it that it's actually weird talking to someone who doesn't view it as a character defect."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 21, 2014 1:35:49 GMT -5
"I suppose I need not detain you any further," he said, with a kind of grim, forced smile,"lest it land you in any trouble with your employer. We might, however, be able to continue this when you have finished?"
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Post by Teja on Mar 21, 2014 1:47:53 GMT -5
"Are you asking me to meet you when I'm off?" she asked, sounding a bit shocked.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 21, 2014 1:49:40 GMT -5
"If you would like," he said swiftly.
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Post by Teja on Mar 21, 2014 1:57:51 GMT -5
"Well, I..."
She hadn't had anything planned with Loki, or David for that matter. She bit her lip.
"Didn't you just come here to apologize?"
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