[Perhaps so. But even a "bit of fun" is a step above what seduction has turned into for this vampire. Sex is only ever a tool, an essential part of his repertoire. It gets people doing what they want him to do, going where he wants them to go.
Not unlike how he's used it with Winter, to draw him close enough that he'll want to keep him protected, so that he's not just seen as a vampire that needs a stake through the heart should he suddenly not be useful to these traveling party. He has to mean something to the warlock, or it all counts for nothing. Even if they're both probably aware of this fact, at least to an unspoken degree.
And so. There is something about "given the right partner" that shouldn't make him feel... disappointed the way he does. It's expected, and they're talking about obscenely unlikely hypotheticals, anyhow. But it still settles strangely in the pit of his stomach.]
I can't help but wonder what "the right partner" means to a man with a lifestyle like yours.
[A thieving criminal. (Fond.) But thieving criminals settle down once in a while, don't they? Well. He wouldn't know.]
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Not unlike how he's used it with Winter, to draw him close enough that he'll want to keep him protected, so that he's not just seen as a vampire that needs a stake through the heart should he suddenly not be useful to these traveling party. He has to mean something to the warlock, or it all counts for nothing. Even if they're both probably aware of this fact, at least to an unspoken degree.
And so. There is something about "given the right partner" that shouldn't make him feel... disappointed the way he does. It's expected, and they're talking about obscenely unlikely hypotheticals, anyhow. But it still settles strangely in the pit of his stomach.]
I can't help but wonder what "the right partner" means to a man with a lifestyle like yours.
[A thieving criminal. (Fond.) But thieving criminals settle down once in a while, don't they? Well. He wouldn't know.]