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Xavier found it strange how she addressed the hunger. He could feel it, like a magnetic force between the two. The distasteful scent in her blood. The cold in her veins. He shrugged it off. Maybe she was converted recently, and wasn’t fully aware of what he had meant. Or perhaps she had found a way to subside her hunger, and it seemed like a nonissue. Now that would be glorious. The thought of a permanent cure had crossed Xavier’s mind many times before. But if he could keep all the powers, and forgo the drawbacks… Someone in the castle would surely know more about this. They’d have tried such things. He dropped entertaining the idea altogether.

She had said how “they didn’t tell me which one to take.”
So she had met someone. Okay. Why wouldn’t they tell her-

"Oh, of course. This is a test they do sometimes, see if you can find your own way. Unlucky you." Xavier considered whether he should help her. He wasn’t sure if the higher-ups would reprimand him for screwing up their little rite of passage. Not my fault. They should have told me. "Well follow me, then. Don't have to tell them, do we?"

Then from her mouth came the most confounding thing yet. “Is there a restaurant somewhere?” she said, as if it wasn’t a joke. She had to have heard the voice call out in the woods. She had to understand what a ripe opportunity that would be. Was she really not hungry?

"Restaurant? Didn't you just-" He stopped himself from talking further. She was trying to fool him. The new vampire hadn’t even been initiated into the Detente and she was already making a mockery of Xavier. How her tone had so suddenly changed from disinterest to beaming compliance. What had he done to deserve this treatment? Every vampire he’d met had been difficult. Not nearly clever enough to appreciate his input. "Don't worry about it.” He said, walking forward again, “I'll explain it at the castle."

Jackson would have to wait, then. Xavier’s stomach grumbled accordingly with his returning headache. Time to distract himself again.

"So which of the higher-ups invited you along? Funny, when I joined up they forgot to give me express permission to come in. Door was wide open. Had to sleep out here for the night. Real funny, right? Not all of us have the same shit, but come on..." He paused, catching himself before falling into another senseless rant. "You plan on staying long? I used to have a place in Wing City. Lost that joint as soon as I joined up here. I suppose I don't have to pay rent anymore. Word of warning though: Job prospects are low." He laughed.