[He's not quite getting it, she's realizing, and she's not sure if that's a good or bad thing. It means she could keep on lying and pretend she's just some normal girl who stumbled into all of this on accident.
Or she could just tell him and rip the bandage off. The secret's going to come out eventually - or maybe he already knows and is just pretending he doesn't?]
It's not just that...
[Her words are slow, careful, and quiet.]
The reason I started coming here- [The academy, not the field trip.] - Is because I was turned into a vampire. They live for a really long time, don't they?
[Richard had been born centuries ago - he had told her that much before the clan decided to send her off to Daybreak where she wouldn't be a shame to them. She's going to live just as long if she survives all of this, isn't she?]
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[He's not quite getting it, she's realizing, and she's not sure if that's a good or bad thing. It means she could keep on lying and pretend she's just some normal girl who stumbled into all of this on accident.
Or she could just tell him and rip the bandage off. The secret's going to come out eventually - or maybe he already knows and is just pretending he doesn't?]
It's not just that...
[Her words are slow, careful, and quiet.]
The reason I started coming here- [The academy, not the field trip.] - Is because I was turned into a vampire. They live for a really long time, don't they?
[Richard had been born centuries ago - he had told her that much before the clan decided to send her off to Daybreak where she wouldn't be a shame to them. She's going to live just as long if she survives all of this, isn't she?]