[ She keeps her expression passive, as she hears of Clara's plight. It's not an unfamiliar tale, much as she wishes it could be... but people are driven out of towns for all kinds of reason, in her time, whether or not what is said about them is true. If she focuses, she feels she can remember the faint edges of something similar in her past — ]
...Yes, I suppose it does. In that sense, I suppose vampires and humans both have their own reasons for fear, given the state of your world.
[ With vampires in overwhelming power, a dhampir could be a would-be traitor to the ruling class. To a human, they could be a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's beginning to make sense, why Clara's life has seemed so rural, each time she's spoken of her home. ]
Though I am certain nothing of the sort will inhabit the hearts of the guests here. [ True to her word, there's not a hint of malice, distaste, or fear in her expression — on the contrary she looks blank in a polite way, seeming not to need to try very hard to be calm. In other words, it doesn't appear she's masking her true feelings towards her. ] Were that the case... trouble would have already arose.
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...Yes, I suppose it does. In that sense, I suppose vampires and humans both have their own reasons for fear, given the state of your world.
[ With vampires in overwhelming power, a dhampir could be a would-be traitor to the ruling class. To a human, they could be a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's beginning to make sense, why Clara's life has seemed so rural, each time she's spoken of her home. ]
Though I am certain nothing of the sort will inhabit the hearts of the guests here. [ True to her word, there's not a hint of malice, distaste, or fear in her expression — on the contrary she looks blank in a polite way, seeming not to need to try very hard to be calm. In other words, it doesn't appear she's masking her true feelings towards her. ] Were that the case... trouble would have already arose.