Klaus bounds off to who knows where and I decide to first visit my bedroom before seeking out Sophie. Poor Sophie. Naive and so young still. She needs to be taught. I regrettably was not there to teach her things and apparently Nosferatu was too incompetant to take my place
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"Master? You're home! When did you get in? Greta said you would be gone for another week or so. I've missed you."
I want to hug him but he looks rather upset so I don't. I'm a little worried. Did I do something wrong?
"Yes sir, what do we need to have a talk about?"
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"Have you been hunting while I was away?" I ask gently. An easy question to start off with. I keep my voice even and unthreatening, though there's a certain anger rising inside.
If what Klaus thinks about her draining but not killing her victims is true, then I have problem that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. I pray it's only a handful and not an entire legion.
That would be bad.
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"Master, I really have not been hunting very much lately. Since you left this most recent time, I have hunted maybe four times."
Actually I think it was closer to three. I hope he doesn't think I am starving myself. No, I went out and found some bottled blood like that which Otis had in the icebox. Handy drink and it makes a wonderful pigment.
"I have been too busy painting and performing, so I was drinking quite a bit of bottled blood. Not the most pleasant stuff to drink, but the artist in me wanted to take over and for a while I could not be bothered by hunting. I did some paintings for you, they are up in my room. You will like them I think."
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"Sophie, when you drink from your victims, do you drain them completely?" I lean forward, hands folded and resting on my knee. "And if so, do you kill them? Sever their heads from their bodies?"
Still calm, still gentle. My temper is boiling just below the surface. This is an annoyance for which I've cut my vacation short. Sacrifices to be made, Vlad. Sacrifices.
Sacrifices for incompetance. And there would always be plenty of that in the world.
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