Shy, no. But he did play some things much closer than anyone would expect. Everyone had their secrets and privacies after all.
"So, where I'm from, basically Vampires are a kind of demon-human hybrid. We're impure, and all that, and not really part of either world. When you die and are turned, which involves you, y'know, dying of blood loss usually and being fed some of the vampire's blood, your soul leaves and a demonic essence sets up shop instead. You've got all your memories, all your knowledge, all your skills. You just lack a soul now, which means your morality is a little different. You don't really care about what's wrong or right the way a human does. It's easier to give in to your darker side, to temptation, etc."
Because that seemed a good place to start. At the next turning point, they went left instead of right. This might be the problem with letting him lead, Diana.
"That demonic essence confers certain strengths too, on the undead body. Because we don't need to breathe, we don't have a heartbeat, we tend to be cool or room-temperature although activity can get what blood there is moving and raise our temp. We need to feed on mammal blood to be at our best and stuff. But we're stronger, faster, bit more agile, more durable, and we heal from most injuries. How long depends on how often you feed, and also age can play a factor. Experience also can play a role too. But we can't go out in daylight without catching on fire. A wooden pointy object through the heart turns us to dust, as does cutting off our head. Our senses get heightened, and we can eat food but it tastes pretty bland. We can get drunk, or high, but usually its harder to do."
Oh look! Another cross-ways. Time to make another decision on which way to go. Right, Left, or Straight ahead.
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"So, where I'm from, basically Vampires are a kind of demon-human hybrid. We're impure, and all that, and not really part of either world. When you die and are turned, which involves you, y'know, dying of blood loss usually and being fed some of the vampire's blood, your soul leaves and a demonic essence sets up shop instead. You've got all your memories, all your knowledge, all your skills. You just lack a soul now, which means your morality is a little different. You don't really care about what's wrong or right the way a human does. It's easier to give in to your darker side, to temptation, etc."
Because that seemed a good place to start. At the next turning point, they went left instead of right. This might be the problem with letting him lead, Diana.
"That demonic essence confers certain strengths too, on the undead body. Because we don't need to breathe, we don't have a heartbeat, we tend to be cool or room-temperature although activity can get what blood there is moving and raise our temp. We need to feed on mammal blood to be at our best and stuff. But we're stronger, faster, bit more agile, more durable, and we heal from most injuries. How long depends on how often you feed, and also age can play a factor. Experience also can play a role too. But we can't go out in daylight without catching on fire. A wooden pointy object through the heart turns us to dust, as does cutting off our head. Our senses get heightened, and we can eat food but it tastes pretty bland. We can get drunk, or high, but usually its harder to do."
Oh look! Another cross-ways. Time to make another decision on which way to go. Right, Left, or Straight ahead.