It’ll work out. I know it will. I know what I want. I just... need to circle around it a little more.

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I mean. We don’t have to go further, we really don’t.

I’m afraid that’s not an option we can allow, considering what you’ve witnessed. You understand, of course.

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Diana, please. No one is going to kill you. Once your ankle is bandaged, there will be a minor procedure, but that is all. You have my word.

Define ‘minor.’

Local anaesthetic at most, minimal recovery time, unlikely to scar and little to no pain once the anaesthetic wears off.

Right. Let me guess: two needles, withdrawal of extraneous fluids?

I take it this is not your first procedure of this kind, then.

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What the hell is wrong with you?!

What’s wrong with {i}me{/i}?! {i}You’re{/i} the vampire!

--- (these are from the character's bonuses, maybe load em in subtly before a big di convo happens or smth. or use them as bg text when you have the big quotes, if you go that route a la bandori pull.)

[Forr]
(AUGUST 4RD, 1991
12:01 A.M.
He doesn’t hesitate.)
(Come now, you’ll feel better after you’ve eaten. You must be starving.)

[Gen, technically from Forr but it applies to all the Love Interests, modify/crop at will]
(...I mean, there’s no denying it. You spoke the words, you made the call.
But hey, you got me to answer, didn’tcha?
And dialing up Satan’s gotta count for something.
So, hear me out. We’ll frame it like this:
Just sign right here, and you’ll have the power to make sure something like this won’t happen again.
You couldn’t save these ones, sure, but — you could always save the next ones.
No reason to waste potential, right?/Not everyone can say that.
(Or end up killing them too. It’s a tough choice.
But hey, it’s your choice. It’s the rest of your goddamn life.))

[Seb]
(A story for another time, perhaps.

That’s what you always say.

His smile fades.)

[Madi]
She’s a grown up now. Practically a grown up, anyways. She has adult teeth, so that makes her an adult. But, then why aren’t they shaped right? They’re supposed to be pointier—

[Yv]
(That didn’t mean she still wasn’t her,  however - still substituted a yearning she couldn’t quite name with a much more easily identified wanderlust to help her pass the time. )
(it wasn’t until the dog days of the following July that she made the acquaintance of the newfound king. )