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[backscar]

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[wizardsplain]

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Orbs are bad.

[backscar]

[ Ok. He laughed. ]

Marvellous. So should I be saying 'vampires are bad', hm?

[wizardsplain]

I wouldn't dream of telling you what to say. [ He said, you know, like a liar.] But I'd hesitate to paint every vampire with a broad brush. I've heard that, under the right circumstances, some can almost be pleasant.

[backscar]

Oh, no, that's their spawn. Vampires themselves are awful.

[wizardsplain]

Understood. Vampires, bad. Spawns, certainly tolerable. Why, I feel quite the learned academic on vampiric lore already.

[backscar]

That is, frankly, all you need to know.

[wizardsplain]

I'm not sure I quite agree. While vampires didn't exactly ignite my interest prior to our meeting, there's something about pitching one's tent a stone's throw away from a spawn that piques the academic curiosity.

[backscar]

Then ask away.

[wizardsplain]

Oh, it would be terribly uncouth to simply ask the subject of one's curiosities.

Then again, I suppose couth is a tad bit overrated! You've clearly a preference for sapient beings' blood, present company excluded. Why would a friendly neighborhood vampire not choose to subsist on squirrels?

[backscar]

It's quite simple, really. Squirrels are too small, don't taste particularly nice and are less sustaining.

[wizardsplain]

Make it ten squirrels, then. Surely that's enough to quench your thirst. Do you mean to say you'd still find the flavor profile unappetizing?

[backscar]

The flavour would be terrible, yes. Of course, it sustains me, but it is the difference between eating weak soup and a full-course meal.

[wizardsplain]

Fascinating! What about humanoids, then? Is their blood all quite the same to you, unappetizing conditions notwithstanding?

[backscar]

No, they're different. Think of them akin to different vintages of wine.

[wizardsplain]

Well, speaking of wine - are vampire spawns incapable of indulging in more traditional means of food, or is it just my cooking you aren't fond of?

[backscar]

Drinking, yes. We do enjoy a good wine now and then, but food? It upsets the stomach.