[ He takes that arm off the arm of the couch and folds it against his chest, looking at her with a very plain but calculated expression. This suddenly doesn't feel as light-hearted as it did before; suddenly he feels like he's giving her the risk of another cruel awakening, like when he'd watched the last sliver of empathy disappear from her face in the garden at the bistro, as she realises what kind of monster she's been talking to. ]
Or at least, I didn't stop with any great decision or epiphany. If I couldn't find an evildoer to slate my hunger, perhaps I'd take a little drink from someone I could enchant so that they never knew I'd been there at all, and leave them to a blissful nights sleep none the wiser.
And, as time moved on, it got harder and harder to easily get rid of the remains after each kill. A death on a street corner was something and nothing when I was a fledgling. Now, everyone has a name and a fingerprint and an autopsy report. Sometimes, leaving a victim alive is the safest option.
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[ He takes that arm off the arm of the couch and folds it against his chest, looking at her with a very plain but calculated expression. This suddenly doesn't feel as light-hearted as it did before; suddenly he feels like he's giving her the risk of another cruel awakening, like when he'd watched the last sliver of empathy disappear from her face in the garden at the bistro, as she realises what kind of monster she's been talking to. ]
Or at least, I didn't stop with any great decision or epiphany. If I couldn't find an evildoer to slate my hunger, perhaps I'd take a little drink from someone I could enchant so that they never knew I'd been there at all, and leave them to a blissful nights sleep none the wiser.
And, as time moved on, it got harder and harder to easily get rid of the remains after each kill. A death on a street corner was something and nothing when I was a fledgling. Now, everyone has a name and a fingerprint and an autopsy report. Sometimes, leaving a victim alive is the safest option.