Snippet #1987046

Masaru listened to Amaya quietly, leaning up against the stone railing. He watched the grounds beneath the distant moonlight. To the bare eyes, this world seemed quietly and lifeless... but not to Masaru. He could hear, feel even, the tiny scamperings of small creatures all across the grounds. They whispered to him of goings-on across his campus, warned him of where people were - prefects and straying Day Class students alike. He listened in pensive silence to the whisperings of these creatures, even while he considered the words of the human standing behind him.

Most people would have expected him to forget Faudi, focus on the intruder... but tensions between vampire and prefect were just as important, if not more important, than a potential supernatural enemy. He was confident in his ability to combat a threat if one arose. He did not relish the thought of having to deal with Faudi if she lost control and fed from Amaya in her rage.

"You should be cautious," he told her evenly. There was no special interest in his voice, simply concern from a leader to one he considered an underling. And he did, in fact, think of prefects as his soldiers. They worked for the Headmaster, after all, and no one stood as closely ranked to the Headmaster as he. The Pureblood with the power to turn the entire Night Class out on the Day Class students, should he choose to. Which he never, ever would. "Faudi is a spirited creature, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do anything the counter her until after she has done something to harm you." He turned to fix his brilliant gaze upon Amaya. "I can not very well punish a crime not yet committed."

Of course, the truth was, he could punish Faudi for anything he very well pleased. But he did not please.

In an instant, Masaru was looking away from Amaya again. In a pattering of tiny claws, a common dormouse ran up the railing to perch by his hand. He plucked the little creature from its perch, laid it in the palm of his hand. He watched it run about as he spoke.

"As for this intruder," he whispered. "I will have my vampires look into it. Perhaps we will be able to... sniff out... something your people have missed."