Snippet #1384543

((I'm baaaaaaack!))

James pressed his cheek against the cool glass of the mirror, not daring to look up at his mistress. It felt as though his pride had been completely shattered, knowing that he hadn't been able to beat a little girl in a warped game of hide and seek. More to the point, failure usually lead to punishement. He just hoped Chibi would get it over with quickly so he could be left to his misery in relative peace.

The pain he was expecting never came, though. Instead, the girl basically started telling him her life's story, how her family had been driven to insanity and ultimately death. Not unlike what was happening to him, really. The human tried to ignore her, not wanting to waste even an ounce of his pity on her, but as she progressed into her story, he couldn't help but feel the slightest bit of sympathy for her. Sure, she was a sadistic little demon, but that wasnt' entirely her own fault. To some extent, Chibi was really just a victim of circumstance. That didn't justify the way she treated him like an animal, but what more could he expect from a vampire? That kind of cruelty was just in their nature. At least, on some small level, this girl seemed to have retained some tiny spark of humanity.

"We all... have things about our lives that we don't like," he finally said, continuing to stare blankly at the floor. "I mean, just look at me. My last memories of my parents are a pair of blood-soaked corpses. I've spent half of my life being treated like a slave, and not once did I ever have the guts to stand up or fight back, or even to run away." Just thinking about his old household- his current life- made James bitter. "I was too scared to accept a quick death all those years ago, and now I'm paying for it." He sighed, fighting the wave of depression that threatened to consume him as he finally raised his head. "Look, I'm not going to try and pretend that I understand what you've been through. But... it seems to me that your biggest problem is that... you're all alone here." Genius vampire or not, no matter how mature she acted, Chibi was still a kid. If nothing else, he supposed she at least needed a friend.