Shaking his head, Jean-Claude replies, "That is a very human response to the situation - pretend shutting you in a box will solve the problem. If you were a young vampire I could not control directly, I would keep you well-fed," which he's been doing, notably, "and endeavor to find you sincere and permanent relationships with others that you care about.

"It is difficult to have control or to care about others when you are malnourished or starving. And the more powerful you are, the more difficult it is to care in the abstract, about those you don't know or care for. Those things have created many monsters, of every species. If even you do not know whether it is an inescapable part of your condition, it seems reasonable enough to try."