[ ... Well, she's still looking a bit out of it, but to be fair to Midnight, while people are fairly aware that vampires can be dangerous in his world, it doesn't have the same cultural weight as an urban legend might. Vampires walk among us, just like a woman, a child, a dog on a leash. People tend to react poorly out of ignorance, not because there's anything to fear outside of the normal things humans to do each other, and that's a humanity problem.

The blood was in there because being a normal, everyday vampire isn't a big deal. Midnight's young, liberal, and acts like it. It's the older, conservative vampires who... well. They're stuck in the old, old ways. Midnight doesn't like thinking about them much. ]

It's five of us. My commanding officer, Miss Orchid, then our medic, Spot. My hero. [ He says it with a laugh. A pet name for his favorite medic in the whole world. ] Then our artillerywoman, Miss Catapult, then little Miss Popukar. I love them dearly. They're my whole world.

[ Said without irony. Without the remotest shred of embarrassment. He capital L Loves His Team. Up and down, completely, sincerely adores them. ]

We do tend to fight a bit, but I can't imagine life without them anymore. [ ... He shrugs. ] I mean, I'm living life without them now, but present company aside, I would dearly like to go back and see them.