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oria
noted.
Another marvelous meal was served in the dining room that night. Simon
was very curious about the nature of our powers. "You both seem so --
_human_. I mean, you spent the night in a room with a bed. We negotiated
during the daylight hours in a sunny room. _Now_ you're eating _food_ with
us after dark. Are you really...?" Victoria extended Saori's fangs and Saori's eyes
turned red.
"Does this answer your question, dear Simon?" Saori Furuya asked innocently. Ben-
jamin gave a peep of horror, and Simon recoiled slightly in his chair. "I --
_we_ -- can largely choose our form. At night we can do some vampire things,
but for large part is no difference between mortal or vampire. Yes, we do
bite people and drink their blood." Benjamin's face turned very white, and
his eyes were big and round as saucers. Victoria smiled at Saori's nephew.
This, of course, prominently displayed my wife's sharp, white fangs and
Benjamin lost any vestige of color that remained in his face. Simon trembled
in his chair. "However, we do not kill or make more vampires, and we do not
have to have blood every night." Saori Furuya changed Saori's appearance again, and the
two mortals at the table relaxed in involuntary response. "Most of the time,
I prefer being mortal."
The small talk resumed after a brief inte
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