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I couldn't possibly say.

Half-picked, then, hm? By whom?

Reputation. Used to kill people with railroad spikes.

[ u can roll Insight against his Deception to see if he's telling the whole truth, here ]

I take it you didn't beg to be made, then, did you?

You know, if you want to get away with a lie, it helps for it to be believable.

[ why bother with an insight check when you can just bluff ... ]

I suppose that means you did?

Not a lie, mate. But I wouldn't say we're good enough friends for the whole story. No offense.

Wasn't looking for it, exactly. Not like all those groupies who hang around vampire towns dying for a bite.

Dru saved me. Found me miserable in a back alley and changed everything. She was the only creature in the world that understood me.

No offense taken. I wouldn't, either.

[ Though it's funny that he'd keep that to himself, yet bare the circumstances of his turning. One intimacy withheld, another given. Odd little duck. ]

You were lucky.

[ More honest than he's trying to be, hence— ]

"Vampire towns"?

Guessing that means you were unlucky.

[ Not a question. But he's not exactly being flip about it, either. ]

Well, Sunnydale's a Hell Mouth, so it's more than just a vamp town. We've got demons, cultists, you name it. Makes sense to set up shop where you can get good eats.

Sometimes one has to make one's own luck.

Do you all prey on mortal humans? That sounds like rather stiff competition.

That's a nice way of dodging the details.

Yeah, you'd think, wouldn't you? Sunnydale's never low on fodder, for some reason.

Thank you — you can have it for free.

Are there any downsides, then?

Most other creatures of the night would say the Slayer's a big one. Chosen girl who fights evil. Namely us.

[ you mean like a paladin ]

Well, if there's just one, I suppose the odds aren't so bad.

You'd think, wouldn't you. I've killed a couple of 'em, but this one's got friends.

And things are a little more complicated with her, anyway.

Enough about me. How long've you been dead?

Complicated.

[ but, whatever, that's not his business! ]

Two blissful centuries. No Slayers to worry about, during that time, but it's hardly as though vampires are considered welcome houseguests in Faerûn.

Complicated. [ cue avril lavigne ]

Yeah, the invite thing's a bitch, ain't it. Did you fly solo, or have a coven situation?

[ rip astarion you would have loved avril lavigne ]

I wouldn't have called it a coven, but I wasn't alone. Yourself?

Coven, nest, gang, family.

Had something like family with Dru, but I've been alone for a minute.

[ Frankly, he wouldn't have called it any of those other options, either. ]

Out of preference? Or just happenstance?

Well, you know. Fall out with a girl and you land in your own cozy little bachelor pad. [ Crypt-shaped, just like here. ]

You're real good at turning these right back around on me without giving me much of anything, aren't you? Don't think I don't notice.