[He almost asks where a question like that is coming from. Why even bother thinking about something impossible? But... this world is inherently magical. Maybe something like that is possible.]
[He's quiet for a long moment, as if considering it. But really, he's just taking in the sight of the way Reign asks -- head bowed, turned away. He knew this conversation wouldn't be a pleasant one for either of them, but that didn't mean he wanted to make Reign upset.]
...no. I wouldn't make that choice. Even though it's hard... painful, even, to live as a vampire... I don't want to run away from what I am. Or from the life I've lived up until now.
[It's something that had come up before, when talking to Diva. About how envious he was of just how much she embraced being a chiropteran. About how he wished he could feel that way about himself someday.]
[To take the easy way out and irreversibly change himself... well, even that doesn't guarantee that he'd actually grow to love himself. His insecurities were far deeper than what he was on the surface.]
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[He's quiet for a long moment, as if considering it. But really, he's just taking in the sight of the way Reign asks -- head bowed, turned away. He knew this conversation wouldn't be a pleasant one for either of them, but that didn't mean he wanted to make Reign upset.]
...no. I wouldn't make that choice. Even though it's hard... painful, even, to live as a vampire... I don't want to run away from what I am. Or from the life I've lived up until now.
[It's something that had come up before, when talking to Diva. About how envious he was of just how much she embraced being a chiropteran. About how he wished he could feel that way about himself someday.]
[To take the easy way out and irreversibly change himself... well, even that doesn't guarantee that he'd actually grow to love himself. His insecurities were far deeper than what he was on the surface.]