[ Vasquez sips at his drink to maintain a careful hold on his expression, on his own apprehension about answering Faraday's questions. They've grown much closer in these weeks together, something Vasquez might almost willingly say broaches friendship, but he's also very cognizant of what he is. He's especially aware of how little trust already exists for vampires of any kind, and for all that he maintains he's nothing like Bogue and the vampires he's found up north, there are unavoidable similarities – and reasons why they're distrusted.
For whatever camaraderie he shares with Faraday over their "afflictions," the amount of time he's spent being what he is has almost entirely removed him from what he remembers of his mortal life. When he thinks of Coyotl, he doesn't recognize the man that came before; by comparison, Faraday is still very much who he's always been. Vasquez finds it hard to believe the curse has affected the man beneath the wolf, even if it's forced him to adapt his behavior.
Vasquez, meanwhile, has spent more time walking through blood than he ever did walking through sunshine. Lifetimes upon lifetimes, he's been this, more creature than man. The strangeness of circumstance now is that he'd previously made complete peace with the monster that he is, and he hadn't ached for humanity or companionship therein.
But sometimes, with Faraday – even with the others of the seven, with many of the people of Rose Creek – he feels seen for more than an unholy thing.
However, part of him is unsure of how much that depends on willfully forgetting the threat he poses. ]
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For whatever camaraderie he shares with Faraday over their "afflictions," the amount of time he's spent being what he is has almost entirely removed him from what he remembers of his mortal life. When he thinks of Coyotl, he doesn't recognize the man that came before; by comparison, Faraday is still very much who he's always been. Vasquez finds it hard to believe the curse has affected the man beneath the wolf, even if it's forced him to adapt his behavior.
Vasquez, meanwhile, has spent more time walking through blood than he ever did walking through sunshine. Lifetimes upon lifetimes, he's been this, more creature than man. The strangeness of circumstance now is that he'd previously made complete peace with the monster that he is, and he hadn't ached for humanity or companionship therein.
But sometimes, with Faraday – even with the others of the seven, with many of the people of Rose Creek – he feels seen for more than an unholy thing.
However, part of him is unsure of how much that depends on willfully forgetting the threat he poses. ]
Yes, like hypnotizing.
[ The simplest answer. ]
But it's more suggestion than force.