I didn't make that up. I heard that from another refugee. [ Although, okay, he embellished a bit. ] Apparently that's what vampires are like, where he's from. Or at least, what the stories say. I don't think he ever actually met one.
--I didn't mean it like that! Don't put words in my mouth!
[Nash says it lightly, but that unspoken accusation hits a sore spot. As calm as he looks right now, the combination of general stress from everything happening now and back home, along with a general anxiety over what he's going to do for food, actually has him in a pretty bad place.]
[But Shell bites back the words the second he says them, turning away with a frown and a sigh.]
A lot of people here don't like to admit it. The tough and solitary type, you know. [ A very stoic lot here, our refugees. ] But I can't even fake it, so... [ He makes a dismissive waving gesture. ]
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How do you think I heard the story?
[ Well, he heard it from the vampire in question. But, it's not exactly obscure lore, in any case. She can be such a blabbermouth. ]
Most legends are based on something true, right? And the stories I make up are way more believable.
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[CALLIN' U OUT except Shell totally believed it for like 5 seconds, shush.]
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I didn't make that up. I heard that from another refugee. [ Although, okay, he embellished a bit. ] Apparently that's what vampires are like, where he's from. Or at least, what the stories say. I don't think he ever actually met one.
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I don't think I want to believe in a world where vampires like that exist.
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[CUE PARANOID LOOKING AROUND okay, he only shoots a brief glance. But who knows -- there are all types of people and worlds out there, after all.]
--then it doesn't really matter anyway.
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[ He says that lightly. ]
But I've never met a fat vampire.
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[Nash says it lightly, but that unspoken accusation hits a sore spot. As calm as he looks right now, the combination of general stress from everything happening now and back home, along with a general anxiety over what he's going to do for food, actually has him in a pretty bad place.]
[But Shell bites back the words the second he says them, turning away with a frown and a sigh.]
...sorry. I didn't mean to yell.
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You have people you miss too, huh?
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[Okay, maybe not everyone, but he figures most well-adjusted people probably have a person or two whose company they miss.]
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