[She shrugs. Truthfully, she has no idea if she can be returned to that state. It's part of why she was so desperate to become a vampire: because she doesn't know, and she wants some kind of guarantee. But the rest of it . . . she nods. What he says isn't precisely comforting, but it is honest, and she appreciates that over a comforting lie.]
Speaking of which . . . I'd, ah, I'd like to practice with you more. I'm still nervous to try sleeping with anyone beyond a vampire or a werewolf, lest I harm them.
[ but she knows that already, with his behavior in the fort. it's just... on a smaller scale, when it's just the one thing.
he's no good at comfort, so it's a good thing she's not against what he's said. ]
I'm not opposed. [ he looks at her, head canting aside. ] Over time you'll learn to control your strength better as well, and it will be less of a worry. Until then, practice makes perfect.
[ a beat. ]
Are there werewolves here? They're extinct, where I'm from.
[ the captain had been the last, and seras had killed him. ]
At least one. Actually, I discovered that when I was still human; he wasn't very good at hiding what he was. Large. Snappish. Not mean, necessarily, if not a little caught up in himself.
I haven't seen him transformed. He's large as a man; I can't imagine how enormous he'll be as a wolf.
[She says all this just a little too quickly, a tense sort of report. It's easier to talk about Derek than about his loss, about her fear.]
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Speaking of which . . . I'd, ah, I'd like to practice with you more. I'm still nervous to try sleeping with anyone beyond a vampire or a werewolf, lest I harm them.
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[ but she knows that already, with his behavior in the fort. it's just... on a smaller scale, when it's just the one thing.
he's no good at comfort, so it's a good thing she's not against what he's said. ]
I'm not opposed. [ he looks at her, head canting aside. ] Over time you'll learn to control your strength better as well, and it will be less of a worry. Until then, practice makes perfect.
[ a beat. ]
Are there werewolves here? They're extinct, where I'm from.
[ the captain had been the last, and seras had killed him. ]
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I haven't seen him transformed. He's large as a man; I can't imagine how enormous he'll be as a wolf.
[She says all this just a little too quickly, a tense sort of report. It's easier to talk about Derek than about his loss, about her fear.]