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Went down there with a friend. He was pretty surprised that there was a lot of blood around my mouth.

[ To be fair, she hasn't killed any humans that way. She refuses to kill innocents. ]

I couldn't see it but he could. So there's that, too.

Ah that had to uh, suck... [Which was putting it lightly.] He wasn't a dick to you or anythin'? 'Cause I could talk to him.

[He's thinking about it now though.] You couldn't see the blood on your own face? Could y'smell it?

No! I mean-- Look, he wasn't. But he also doesn't...know. No one does, except for you.

[ And she really, really doesn't want to tell anyone and have them think she's some kind of monster. It's bad enough she's among strangers. One of them could just as easily try to kill her in her sleep or drag her into sunlight. ]

I couldn't smell it, no. It wasn't really. Something in this place is toying with us...or maybe the station is designed this way. Anyone can see what I've done but if no one had said something, I'd have no idea it was on display for all to see. Maybe it's some kind of psychological punishment, letting people know the sins others have committed.

Wait shit, I'm the only one that knows? That's uh, damn that's a new one. Any reason you're stayin' in the closet like that? How are you eatin'?

[Not that he was bad at keeping secrets or anything. He'd just imagined that she'd have gone ahead and outed herself after a few days of life on the ship.]

That's fuckin' weird... I mean Tyler should hopefully be able to see through it if y'can't smell it or nothin' he'll know it ain't real. That's uh, fuckin' weird. [He's repeating himself but those are his thoughts on the matter.]

Yeah, it's weird, but I'm just giving you guys the heads up in case you wander down there.

[ She wishes someone had warned her, at least. ]

Why would I tell people what I am? It violates the Masquerade, first of all-- If anyone else from my world showed up and knew I told people, I'd be in deeper shit than I already am. And I'm a medbay tech; my job is to find weird food for people who can't eat with normal means. The ship's been providing me blood packs.

[ Don't ask who's donating the blood. She doesn't want to know, and she's been rationing accordingly. ]

If I tell people, then everyone's just going to be afraid. People will probably try to drag me out into the sunlight on some planet and kill me. I can't risk that.

Yeah, thanks. Like I said, I might not need it but its still good info to have.

[He listens to her words and a lot of them don't translate easily.] I mean, y'can totally be an out an' proud vampire here. Ty, he told the whole ship he was a werewolf after bein' here for less than a week! [Which isn't the best thing to do in Drew's eyes but it did show the lack of discrimination at the very least.] Glad they're doin' somethin' for ya. That would suck if y'had to figure it out for yourself. Shame they didn't arrange me gettin' my stipend but I've got someone workin' on that anyway.

[He can't help but sound a little dejected by her secrecy though.] Well y'gotta do what y'gotta do. But I'm pretty sure no-ones gonna drag you out to some kinda sunshine planet.

[ She lets out a slow exhale of breath. ]

You trust people too much.

[ She says it almost enviously, frankly. Ava would like to put her trust in people...but not so easily. Not so soon. ]

I'm glad no one's tried to hurt your friend or you so far, but that doesn't mean something couldn't happen. You look normal. You can walk around whenever. I have to pretend I'm a night owl and never eat around people.

[ But enough about that. ]

...What was that, you said, about a stipend?

Edited 2016-04-12 01:54 (UTC)

[He chuckles.] Guess I've been told that a couple times, but like I said when we first met, I come from a totally different place- guess its one of those things.

[He chuckles slightly at that.] I guess you're right, they ain't tried yet- but uh, guess I'll be the one to deal with that if it happens. Tyler... I ain't gonna let anyone hurt him.

[He stops to explain the stipend though.] Stipend? Government thing... its a special kinda pot, helps with the transformation. Cut with somethin' special to make it hit werewolves just as hard as it does humans. [He wasn't about to say that it was cut with wolfsbane, not when that could kill him, he didn't need to expose any weaknesses.]

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