"I wonder..." She shakes her head. "Grace... had a lot of hope for vampires, near the end. She thought they could be better than what they were. I wanted to trust her, and—I felt responsible for Sam."
"I still... want to believe in her. But Sam became something distant and strange, and the vampires that Grace had been instructing used her to trap and kill another vampire, and killed her, too. And I couldn't..."
"Well—she was a monster, they were afraid of her, and just... to them, something they could use and discard and feel victorious about, I suppose." Her lip twists. "There's a lot of that in the world, I suppose, but..."
She looks at him, and at Nyx. "You've both been very kind, at least."
If they weren't really interested in learning to begin with... it isn't so much proof that "all vampires are monsters" so much as "those ones had no interest in being anything else," isn't it?
She reaches a hand out and ruffles his hair. "Maybe I've spent too much time dwelling on the monstrous side of the world, in a way. There are still good children like you both, after all."
"Well, I wouldn't want you to accidentally violate the university ethics code! But I think that's the sort of thing that would appeal to her, if you make that part of your thesis."
"I'm glad that Hope was able to see her... one last time. Even if it was to part ways. I never liked playing favorites with those I considered my children, but..."
This volume seems to be sprinkled with a number of photographs tucked into pages—various members of BAD END=DEAD END cooking in the kitchen, Hope teaching a girl who looks like she might be a younger sister how to read, a nighttime walk through the park with Nychta, Sashay giving her a tight hug in someplace that looks like a prison, patting Serenity on the head when the latter looks worried, chatting with Cypress, Ordine showing her to the arcade to blow off steam for shooting games—and one of Iris, taken in Tokyo-F, with Hope giving her a tight hug, face pressed into her shoulder.
There's also a small folded scrap of paper tucked into it.
And also there's writing, because of course there is. Have you met this woman? She can't shut up.
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She gives a brief, light and mirthless laugh.
"I still... want to believe in her. But Sam became something distant and strange, and the vampires that Grace had been instructing used her to trap and kill another vampire, and killed her, too. And I couldn't..."
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She looks at him, and at Nyx. "You've both been very kind, at least."
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If they weren't really interested in learning to begin with... it isn't so much proof that "all vampires are monsters" so much as "those ones had no interest in being anything else," isn't it?
[We are not addressing that last part.]
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And she also gives a slightly downcast Nyx a hug, and—
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Suddenly, she's—that woman you saw at the front desk, except a little more professionally dressed, like she's going to work. All black.
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Was that an acceptable submission?
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In that case, maybe I should ask: is that an acceptable conclusion?
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She rubs her eyes a little bit.
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She looks down at him. "Don't let me keep you, though. If you want a little help now and again, though, I'll play teaching assistant."
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[Heading over to the shelves... and grabbing all emotion books thank you.]
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I'm going to give these to you one at a time but feel free to request them in quick sequence.
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Next!]
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This volume seems to be sprinkled with a number of photographs tucked into pages—various members of BAD END=DEAD END cooking in the kitchen, Hope teaching a girl who looks like she might be a younger sister how to read, a nighttime walk through the park with Nychta, Sashay giving her a tight hug in someplace that looks like a prison, patting Serenity on the head when the latter looks worried, chatting with Cypress, Ordine showing her to the arcade to blow off steam for shooting games—and one of Iris, taken in Tokyo-F, with Hope giving her a tight hug, face pressed into her shoulder.
There's also a small folded scrap of paper tucked into it.
And also there's writing, because of course there is. Have you met this woman? She can't shut up.
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Time to be nosy and look at the folded scrap.]
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