BASTIEN
Bastien struggled not to laugh as he saw Arlo touch his fangs; the poor man looked as if he might keel over in shock. He supposed he'd had the good fortune of coming knowingly into Ascending, having had time to consider it over and see what it meant. To find your body changed so suddenly had to be overwhelming. "Ah! Yes. I did not know if you would know the word. We are exactly that, vampires. Of a sort."
Robot-vampires really, but the details could wait.
He did let out a loud laugh as Arlo seemed to think he intended to take him into a dark alley to spit in his mouth or some other kind of fetishistic activity. "No, no. No dark alleys: To my Sanctuary, which I assure you is a perfectly bright and comfortable place; my wife shall even be there, if that will comfort you that I don't intend to whisk you away into the night." Not that he and Rexanna didn't sleep with other people but...well, for the moment, he thought the idea might comfort Arlo.
"The transaction can be quite intimate: not the kind of thing you do in public. It would require you to bite from my wrist." Bastien continued to explain, voice very casual for describing such things.
Robot-vampires really, but the details could wait.
He did let out a loud laugh as Arlo seemed to think he intended to take him into a dark alley to spit in his mouth or some other kind of fetishistic activity. "No, no. No dark alleys: To my Sanctuary, which I assure you is a perfectly bright and comfortable place; my wife shall even be there, if that will comfort you that I don't intend to whisk you away into the night." Not that he and Rexanna didn't sleep with other people but...well, for the moment, he thought the idea might comfort Arlo.
"The transaction can be quite intimate: not the kind of thing you do in public. It would require you to bite from my wrist." Bastien continued to explain, voice very casual for describing such things.
Still my heart is heavy
With the hate of some other man's beliefs
With the hate of some other man's beliefs
