( text | un: salvatore )

[prescind]

( he doesn't typically make use of the network, content to read and stay within his own boundaries but he's feeling a little thoughtful today so.

so, here he is. )

if you had the choice, would you stay alive eternally and watch everyone you love eventually die or would you die young and miss out on a life lived?

Comments

[prescind]

i wasn't really thinking of it so no, i didn't think about it.

[ananym]

[ buddy,,, ]

I see.

[prescind]

you're judging.

[ananym]

I believe we've already established that I am judgemental.

[prescind]

just wanted to make sure you were aware.

[ananym]

I'm not the one playing up the cliches of a vampire.

[prescind]

and i am?a

[ananym]

Yes.

Were you involuntarily turned?

[prescind]

yes.

the person who turned me, i didn't know that's what they were doing. i was compelled to not wonder.

[ananym]

And how long have you been a vampire?

[prescind]

not long.
i'm young by vampire standards.
over two centuries.

[ananym]

Yes, that would be it.

And this question of yours. It sounds as though you think of it often.

[prescind]

every so often.

every decade at least.

[ananym]

You cannot change what has come to pass.

You've spent more time as a vampire than you ever did as a human.

[prescind]

i have.

and i know that.
but there's nothing wrong with being curious.

[ananym]

Is it curiosity or longing?

[prescind]

can't it be both?

[ananym]

One is more dangerous than the other.

[prescind]

and which one is the more dangerous one?

[ananym]

Longing.

Because longing leads to thirst.

[prescind]

i can control my longing.
i have help.

[ananym]

Oh?

[prescind]

there's someone here that knows how to keep me from losing it.

[ananym]

And that's been known to happen?

[prescind]

it has, yeah.