[ Unluckily for her, a vampire's fine-tuned senses can pick up the detail even in such a garbled phrase as that one was. Sorry, Altria. ]
There's no shame in that. I was born to a noble family, but we had no money even for food. We would have starved had I not been blessed with the ability to hunt well.
[ He looks quite genuinely reassuring. If he'd met her in his own world, he might have been tempted to dump an ungodly amount of riches on her in this moment, just to see what she might do with it. He had a habit of doing things like that. ]
Besides, it hardly matters now, where each of us are either as rich or as poor as the next person, depending on your interpretation.
[ Now that he thinks about it... Even though there's no money here, it wouldn't be impossible to do something similar now, would it? ]
Perhaps sometime soon, after this Gala, when you aren't too busy and if you're interested - I can accompany you to the mall, and I can show you the little tea shop they have there. Since I can't drink it, I haven't sampled their wares, but I've smelt some delicious blends.
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There's no shame in that. I was born to a noble family, but we had no money even for food. We would have starved had I not been blessed with the ability to hunt well.
[ He looks quite genuinely reassuring. If he'd met her in his own world, he might have been tempted to dump an ungodly amount of riches on her in this moment, just to see what she might do with it. He had a habit of doing things like that. ]
Besides, it hardly matters now, where each of us are either as rich or as poor as the next person, depending on your interpretation.
[ Now that he thinks about it... Even though there's no money here, it wouldn't be impossible to do something similar now, would it? ]
Perhaps sometime soon, after this Gala, when you aren't too busy and if you're interested - I can accompany you to the mall, and I can show you the little tea shop they have there. Since I can't drink it, I haven't sampled their wares, but I've smelt some delicious blends.