[ He nods at her question, pleased by both the fact that he doesn’t have to explain what a vampire is to her and also by the fact that she doesn’t seem even the slightest bit afraid of what he is. That makes everything a whole lot easier. ]

Yes, exactly. I drink human blood for sustenance. So when I say that I ‘changed’ and ‘became what I am’, that’s what I’m referring to. I went from the penniless son of a Marquis who ran away to become an actor, to a creature of the night who could no longer walk on the stage he once loved so dearly, but could certainly buy it with a few of the jewels he had stored away in a chest in his tower.

[ It all sounds like a fairytale when he says it like that, though he isn’t sure if he’d be the hero or the villain of that particular tale. ]

Does that sate your curiosity, chérie? Or is there more you’d like to know?

[ He’s feeling surprisingly honest tonight, so this is as good an opportunity as any. ]