Curiosity. I've heard of vampire blood used in elixirs. Medicines, that sort of thing. If you have known abilities in that regard, it could help me isolate specific properties, perhaps even the ones that cause your disadvantages.
[Sort of a lie, that first part, but it seems best not to divulge his own prior experimentations with vampire blood. Besides, he's still figuring out how it all works. Just because something is true of Alucard or the Nocwich vampires doesn't mean it's true of every vampire in the universe--that much is readily apparent here.
Still, this is all very invasive, which Astarion makes readily known. Viktor shakes his head, pulling back.]
I'm not interested. [Astarion doesn't have to worry about that, at least.] Though, if you'll indulge one more personal question, are you...subsisting? Do you have a reliable source?
[Because he can imagine that might be a hard sell, and Viktor doesn't really like the idea of one of his employees enduring...food insecurity. In a manner of speaking.]
no subject
[Sort of a lie, that first part, but it seems best not to divulge his own prior experimentations with vampire blood. Besides, he's still figuring out how it all works. Just because something is true of Alucard or the Nocwich vampires doesn't mean it's true of every vampire in the universe--that much is readily apparent here.
Still, this is all very invasive, which Astarion makes readily known. Viktor shakes his head, pulling back.]
I'm not interested. [Astarion doesn't have to worry about that, at least.] Though, if you'll indulge one more personal question, are you...subsisting? Do you have a reliable source?
[Because he can imagine that might be a hard sell, and Viktor doesn't really like the idea of one of his employees enduring...food insecurity. In a manner of speaking.]