[Just.. give her a moment, as she breathes, slowly, in and out a few times, trying to stop her mind from anxiously spinning out and jumping to conclusions. After those, she shifts one of her hands to crack an eye open and peer at him, seeing that he was still sitting there, that he hadn't moved, and he didn't look upset or angry, and she slowly nodded.]
Vampires were always just stories, but there were people who did take blood from others, where I'm from. Both get conflated, and it just... reminded me of that. [An explanation for the panic, at least. Even though he probably didn't need one, all things considered.] Sorry.
/it's always nice when a character's reaction to something makes me figure out more of the story lol
[Just.. give her a moment, as she breathes, slowly, in and out a few times, trying to stop her mind from anxiously spinning out and jumping to conclusions. After those, she shifts one of her hands to crack an eye open and peer at him, seeing that he was still sitting there, that he hadn't moved, and he didn't look upset or angry, and she slowly nodded.]
Vampires were always just stories, but there were people who did take blood from others, where I'm from. Both get conflated, and it just... reminded me of that. [An explanation for the panic, at least. Even though he probably didn't need one, all things considered.] Sorry.