( Another discomforting spark of recognition, the feeling of being seen and known by someone he hasn't yet figured out. It's something like the disadvantage he feels when he feels his mind being read by another vampire — oh, everyone wishes to communicate without words, he's sure, to have their thoughts understood without the fear of miscommunication, but it leaves him so vulnerable.

He presses his lips together and nods, rather solemn. )

Yes... yes, that is true. One person might come to believe something so impossible— there are always those who are prepared to believe in spirits and the supernatural, those who are naturally in tune with such things...

But most people don't want to exist in a world with beings like us. Why would they? They would rather reach for an explanation that they think is rational, in spite of all the evidence before them.