He offers out an open palm in gesture, saying, "It was not remarkable. Lissette was not a master."
After the blood thirst had been slaked on his initial turning, Jean-Claude had been overtaken by the ardeur. For five years. Even the memories of it centuries removed are degrading and humiliating, and he is not about to even hint at them now.
Especially since he recognizes someone feeding when he sees it. Perhaps he should share a little more, as a way of leading the conversation where he wants it to go. The hand he'd gestured with is now used to rest his head, elbow braced on the arm of the chair, a relaxed yet inquisitive pose. Jean-Claude always places his limbs deliberately, placing himself on display at all times.
"Or, it was not remarkable at first. Some vampires, in rare cases, can feed on substances other than blood. Nighthags, for example, may feed on fear. I did need blood at first, but after I had fed I began to realize I had inherited another hunger: lust."
He feels comfortable sharing this much since it, again, is no secret in vampiric circles - but it is absolutely unknown outside of them. It truly is a vanishingly rare ability, and a human would have had to both realize they were being fed upon that way, and survive the encounter, to create tales of it.
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After the blood thirst had been slaked on his initial turning, Jean-Claude had been overtaken by the ardeur. For five years. Even the memories of it centuries removed are degrading and humiliating, and he is not about to even hint at them now.
Especially since he recognizes someone feeding when he sees it. Perhaps he should share a little more, as a way of leading the conversation where he wants it to go. The hand he'd gestured with is now used to rest his head, elbow braced on the arm of the chair, a relaxed yet inquisitive pose. Jean-Claude always places his limbs deliberately, placing himself on display at all times.
"Or, it was not remarkable at first. Some vampires, in rare cases, can feed on substances other than blood. Nighthags, for example, may feed on fear. I did need blood at first, but after I had fed I began to realize I had inherited another hunger: lust."
He feels comfortable sharing this much since it, again, is no secret in vampiric circles - but it is absolutely unknown outside of them. It truly is a vanishingly rare ability, and a human would have had to both realize they were being fed upon that way, and survive the encounter, to create tales of it.