I know it's not easy to let them walk off all smug, but it's not about what feels good. We gotta be better than that.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Come on.
-Takes their hand and leads them all the way to the couch-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?What was your favourite food before I turned you?
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Okay, well from now on, every time you start wondering what it would be like to take someone down a peg, your vampirism will make them seem like fried cheese.
Your need to feed is going to be hard to resist.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?... By staying open. Open to what goes in, open to what goes out. You gotta let the feelings come, you gotta let them go. Acknowledge yourself, acknowledge them. Remember that they're not fried cheese, and that you have other ways of getting it.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?You'll get better at this. You'll learn how to take the form of mist, or an animal. You'll learn how to do my little trick with the eyes.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?"I still don't regret it."
They shifted into a crosslegged position and popped their neck.
"I can see in the dark and sit in trees and I know I don't have to worry about anyone messing with me anymore."
They took a look at their hand.
"I can't do all that stuff you can. Yet."
[forum cryptid: it/it's]-She clasped their hands-
You'll get there soon.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?The first time I ended up suspended in the air, I was too busy reading to notice I had zoned out and forgotten to stay touching the seat.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

Eires debated themself in their head, but dropped their stance.
"...all right."
They backed off from Travis.
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