[He might have been more shy about it before, but... after waking up with Chuuya's head against his chest and feeding on his blood, a little bit of closeness like this was nothing. And besides, he kind of missed having someone to cling to.]

...he was, yeah.

[It's said with a little uncertainty, but that's probably because he's never though of Ellie as a replacement for his his father. He felt like so much more than that -- like someone Shell wanted to hold and protect, rather then the other way around.]

I don't know if it's fair to judge this place when I've only been here for so long, but... I do like it a lot more.

It's a little strange, and I'm still not really used to having to explain what a vampire is every time it comes up. But it's nice not having to pretend to be someone I'm not.