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[miraculost]

[we are having a lovely and perfectly normal family dinner today :)]

You've really become quite the cook, Kaito.

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[miraculost]

[looks up, slightly startled, before his expression smoothes out.

Kaito's well past the point where he's likely to bolt if he hears the truth. perhaps it's time to explain.]

Ah, no, it's nothing of that sort at all! Of course I like your cooking, and you should make as much as you like.

I just have very little appetite, you see - it's difficult for me to eat too much. Especially when I get wrapped up in work... You need the food far more than I do, anyway.

[has another mouthful anyway. THIS IS GOOD STUFF]

[was_no_monster]

[dubious son is dubious :|]

That's not very healthy, papa. I don't need the food that much more.

[miraculost]

[okay laughing a little YOU HAVE NO IDEA YET WHY THAT'S FUNNY BUT TRUST ME IT IS]

You most certainly do! I don't actually need to eat at all.

[was_no_monster]

... Papa, you aren't one of your robots.

nooo I missed you, goodnight <3

[miraculost]

Of course not. I'm a vampire.

[was_no_monster]

[... unimpress]

[miraculost]

I'm not joking.

[casually lets his fangs slide out just before he brings another bite to his mouth]

[was_no_monster]

[—startles and drops his chopsticks]

What in the h—

[cutting himself off and covering his mouth, embarrassed. ...still. what do I evennn <_>]

[miraculost]

[... it's hard to chew with fangs :s]

I'm sorry I've kept it from you for so long, Kaito.

[was_no_monster]

[just... staring at him for a good minute or so, his nose slowly wrinkling as he fits this in and puts pieces together in his head (Len's sleeping habits, the things about his eating habits he'd already noticed, how old some of the things in the house were...)

weakly objecting]

...You've gone outside with me, though. During the day.

[miraculost]

Ah, well, a good sunblock works wonders!

[he's just leaving his fangs out as he talks :') just so Kaito can see they're still there]

[was_no_monster]

[lsdjfsjf s-snorting despite himself

(he remembers the sunblock, though. mostly because Len had used enough that he'd been able to smell it, and he'd considered commenting on it.)]

That doesn't even make sense, though, it only blocks part of sunlight—

[jesus christ am I really arguing with you about how you can't be a vampire. HEAD IN HANDS]

[miraculost]

Well, it isn't the light itself that hurts us, it's more sort of... the life in it? It's the same as what we get from blood, but in too powerful and wild a form to be used. Like trying to drink from a waterfall. I suppose the sunblock dulls that, mostly? I'm honestly not sure why it works, myself...

[was_no_monster]

[...oh that's right

drinking blood would be a thing, wouldn't it, that's what those fangs are for and oh my god NOPE. NOPE NOPE NOPE 8(]

[miraculost]

[... 8( puts his chopsticks down for a moment]

Let me assure you, Kaito, you are in no danger. I do not feed upon humans, and even if I did, I still would not harm you.

[was_no_monster]

I didn't think I was. I mean, you sort of managed, ah. F-fattening me up enough for something like that a while ago, and you didn't...

[poking at his food '-'] ..it's still kind of creepy, though.

[miraculost]

[relaxes. okay son doesn't think I'm going to eat him, good]

Aah. That, I quite understand. There is a reason my kind keep our existence mostly secret, after all.

[was_no_monster]

[..."my kind."

that's... sort of an odd, lonely feeling...]

Mmmh.

...Does this mean you're immortal?

[miraculost]

More or less, yes. I've been around for... oh, it must be about 200 years now.

[was_no_monster]

[kind of snorting]

That... kind of explains a lot...

[...he suddenly seems a lot more relaxed, though]

[miraculost]

[relaxed is good c: chuckles]

I am a little out of touch, aren't I?

[was_no_monster]

[so is not having to worry about you dying and leaving me alone]

I wouldn't quite put it like that... Your manners are just a little old fashioned, that's all.

...well, that and the whole living in a mansion full of antiques thing.

[miraculost]

I suppose that does give me away a bit. I really ought to donate at least a few pieces to museums... They really don't deserve to languish in a vampire's private collection.

[was_no_monster]

Mmm. I remember thinking something along those lines when I first came here; some of them are really pretty... They'd get proper upkeep that way, too.

[miraculost]

But then I'd have to give them up...

[longing sigh]

Maybe I can start my own museum.

[was_no_monster]

Or you could fund a new wing of a local one, and have them put on display there. That way they would still be yours.

[miraculost]

Yes, that would probably be less trouble... hmmm.

[was_no_monster]

[yay I helped |> popping a bit of chicken into his mouth

...wow we sure ended up getting kind of off topic, though. starting to frown thoughtfully as he chews]

[miraculost]

[sliding his fangs back in to eat properly]

Well- at any rate, now you know the big secret.