[ Faraday is the first to crack, snorting out a laugh. ]
'Course. You can kiss it all better, like a doting momma.
[ But when Vasquez continues, makes mention of "feeding," Faraday sobers a little. They've never really discussed Vasquez's dietary habits – Faraday figures the less he knew, the better – but he's gotta figure that Vasquez doesn't use his magic vampire spit when he's killing rabbits or raccoons.
No, he's gotta figure that's specifically a trick he reserves for mortals – or, in Faraday's case, mortal adjacent. ]
You do that often, then?
[ And unlike that first day, when Faraday had poked and prodded and derisively called Vasquez a bloodsucker at every given opportunity, Faraday sounds genuinely – if cautiously – curious. ]
Heal folks when you bite 'em. You don't just drain 'em dry?
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'Course. You can kiss it all better, like a doting momma.
[ But when Vasquez continues, makes mention of "feeding," Faraday sobers a little. They've never really discussed Vasquez's dietary habits – Faraday figures the less he knew, the better – but he's gotta figure that Vasquez doesn't use his magic vampire spit when he's killing rabbits or raccoons.
No, he's gotta figure that's specifically a trick he reserves for mortals – or, in Faraday's case, mortal adjacent. ]
You do that often, then?
[ And unlike that first day, when Faraday had poked and prodded and derisively called Vasquez a bloodsucker at every given opportunity, Faraday sounds genuinely – if cautiously – curious. ]
Heal folks when you bite 'em. You don't just drain 'em dry?