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: "Possibly. If that thought makes you uncomfortable, we may be able to do without it. As for the magic, I get the feeling you'll pick it up fairly quickly. Mastery will, as you said, take a long time, but you will be able to fight with it once you get a lesson or two and we find a tome for your use."
: "Hey...hey, c'mon lady. We don't gotta shoot ya, not if yer Efa's sister."
: "They're almost all used up. I had thought about maybe retiring, so I didn't bother to get a new set."
: "As I explained to the others while you were unconscious, new vampires tend to be extremely bloodthirsty - literally - until the initial shock passes and they can develop some self-control. You may still be partly-human, but your killing of the necromancer was enough to waken the hunger within you. I imagine that you will be able to work past if fairly quickly, especially with the human portion of your mind providing some manner of restraint. As for the magic.." The vampire threw his armful of bones into a steadily-growing pile outside, dusted his hands, and created a ball of unusual light.
: "Vampires have an innate connection to what most term "dark magic", though not all take advantage of this connection and not all dark magic users are vampires. If you have a mind to learn, I could probably at least teach you the basics."
: "Huh."
: "Is it because of that "balance" thing you mentioned? Or is it just good tactics?"
: "Damn right we will.
: "These sorts of people are *used* to getting away with things. If anyone stands up to them, they kill the poor bastards for being inconvenient. We're talking about thugs who make your pirate gang look tame in comparison.": "I'd rather be considered weak but alive than get us all killed, wouldn't you?"
: ""Possibly, yes. Depends on how many of them there are and if we can take them. If we can't, we trade the artifact for Lilly and get the hell out of town." Part of being a skilled thief was knowing when to cut and run, and Harlan's "flight" instinct was currently dominating his survival reflexes.
: "We couldn't find any sign of Lilly or the people who took her. Harold's thinking that the best way to get her back would be to return to that ruined temple in the desert and find whatever it is that these people want."
