"So you really are vampires," Cam said -- not disgusted or afraid, just interested. "I mean, no offense. I've just heard a lot about the Ascended, and it's hard to know what's true. Someone told me that you all have glowing eyes and can read people's minds."
Cam could see for themself that the glowing eyes thing wasn't true, though. Presumably Adam couldn't read minds, either; that or he was very good at hiding his reactions to Cam's errant thoughts.
"Oh." Cam took a moment to contemplate what you said to someone who had died and come back. Sorry? Condolences? They wanted to ask what it was like, dying and being dead, but they didn't want to dredge up any painful memories. Maybe just: "That's rough. I'd ... probably choose being Ascended over death too, to be honest."
They didn't know that things like not being able to taste or a lack of sexual sensation would even bother them, honestly. Food and sex were overrated, in Cam's opinion.
"Yeah, I am," they added. "It's obvious, huh?"
Cam could see for themself that the glowing eyes thing wasn't true, though. Presumably Adam couldn't read minds, either; that or he was very good at hiding his reactions to Cam's errant thoughts.
"Oh." Cam took a moment to contemplate what you said to someone who had died and come back. Sorry? Condolences? They wanted to ask what it was like, dying and being dead, but they didn't want to dredge up any painful memories. Maybe just: "That's rough. I'd ... probably choose being Ascended over death too, to be honest."
They didn't know that things like not being able to taste or a lack of sexual sensation would even bother them, honestly. Food and sex were overrated, in Cam's opinion.
"Yeah, I am," they added. "It's obvious, huh?"
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"Cameras" by Ennev is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
