It was before he could see the shapes moving in the dark waters beneath him when Tertiary Gwilym had learned what happens when one indulges the Cainites in conversation. Conversation was where they truly made their sallow homes. It's where they thrive; where they can twist word and thought, hunt out ambiguity. Manipulate a man to their will. They would have seen him crawling the floors of this chantry like a beast - and they very nearly had.
Never again. This is the promise Godfrey had made to himself when first he stepped consciously into this world of shadow, as he first wrapped his hand around the handle of a gun. Never again would he dance on a leash for vampires. And never again would anyone else, so long as he had his say in the matter.
Never again he had said then, and never again he says now.
Let him check. Let him see it in undeniable stone, what has become of him. Let the truth speak for itself, that Gale may not twist it to some other end.
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It was before he could see the shapes moving in the dark waters beneath him when Tertiary Gwilym had learned what happens when one indulges the Cainites in conversation. Conversation was where they truly made their sallow homes. It's where they thrive; where they can twist word and thought, hunt out ambiguity. Manipulate a man to their will. They would have seen him crawling the floors of this chantry like a beast - and they very nearly had.
Never again. This is the promise Godfrey had made to himself when first he stepped consciously into this world of shadow, as he first wrapped his hand around the handle of a gun. Never again would he dance on a leash for vampires. And never again would anyone else, so long as he had his say in the matter.
Never again he had said then, and never again he says now.
Let him check. Let him see it in undeniable stone, what has become of him. Let the truth speak for itself, that Gale may not twist it to some other end.
Godfrey watches, and remains silent. ]