"I was wondering if you were going to bring that up." The empress said, her smile falling into a neutral expression.
"I don't know if I have an answer that will satisfy you. Are you sure that you really want to hear what I have to say? Our relationship might become more strained. "Ignorance is bliss" as some say."
"Let's just say it's been on my mind for a long time. At first, I figured that he was just acting like any other vampire. But after coming here, that doesn't seem to be the case. There aren't a bunch of vampires walking around with brainwashed thralls, or soulless husks drained of all of their blood shambling around. I've only seen part of your city, but it seemed normal enough other than being adapted to the underground environment."
Marcus was understandably curious and confused about the difference between his first expectations and what he had come to find.
Had he come across some sort of vampiric incursion into Borealia, that would have at least made sense.
