"No tracks...and I always just wait until I hear other people walking outside. I-I don't know how people know...I suppose they just see the light." He said all of this rather sheepishly, not sure how he'd forgotten something so simple as when to know the LongNight was over. Truthfully, since he often stayed inside for days at a time anyway, it was not a particularly special time of year for him.
Jigano's head tilt wasn't the worst reaction he could have gotten, he supposed, but he still flinched at the repeat of the word 'bloodfiend'. Then Jigano brought up yet another new term for his condition (just how many of these words were there?). Vampire.
The invitation to sit back down was welcome. Sam immediately pulled into himself, pouring a little more tea and hugging the cup in to his chest, as if he was trying to make himself as small as possible.
Once Jigano had also sat, he began to speak almost right away, too nervous about revealing this to wait. "I never wanted to be Ascended. It..it was my family. They wanted me to do it b-because it's meant to make you stronger but I don't feel strong." He tried to take a deep breath, calm himself. "...You need to...replenish. That's what they call it. The fluid inside you. Because it's not blood, not anymore. I have to go to the shrines and they h-help me to do it. ..Or I c-could drink from somebody. But I don't want to."
Jigano's head tilt wasn't the worst reaction he could have gotten, he supposed, but he still flinched at the repeat of the word 'bloodfiend'. Then Jigano brought up yet another new term for his condition (just how many of these words were there?). Vampire.
The invitation to sit back down was welcome. Sam immediately pulled into himself, pouring a little more tea and hugging the cup in to his chest, as if he was trying to make himself as small as possible.
Once Jigano had also sat, he began to speak almost right away, too nervous about revealing this to wait. "I never wanted to be Ascended. It..it was my family. They wanted me to do it b-because it's meant to make you stronger but I don't feel strong." He tried to take a deep breath, calm himself. "...You need to...replenish. That's what they call it. The fluid inside you. Because it's not blood, not anymore. I have to go to the shrines and they h-help me to do it. ..Or I c-could drink from somebody. But I don't want to."
