Mina couldn't help but let out a quick, explosive little laugh. It was a good question. But certainly not a simple one. And back home, she supposed, she would have done everything in her power to get around it, either by wiping his memory or just shooting him in the face.
Obviously, her methods had changed somewhat in Kore.
"A complicated question," she told him, resting her temple on her fingertips. "There's me, of course. Nothing but an old soldier, really. And there's what we Kindred refer to as 'the Beast.' It's the source of every vampire's abilities and bad temper."
Those two parts of her had been married for so long, though, that she'd come to think of them as very much the same thing: Mina. It was the last little bit that was the parasite.
"And," she said slowly, "I don't know how familiar you are with the True Fae, but for the last few months, I've also played host to a Fae title. The Queen, to be precise. I imagine that's the part that's beyond you. I do think she may be older than time itself."
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Obviously, her methods had changed somewhat in Kore.
"A complicated question," she told him, resting her temple on her fingertips. "There's me, of course. Nothing but an old soldier, really. And there's what we Kindred refer to as 'the Beast.' It's the source of every vampire's abilities and bad temper."
Those two parts of her had been married for so long, though, that she'd come to think of them as very much the same thing: Mina. It was the last little bit that was the parasite.
"And," she said slowly, "I don't know how familiar you are with the True Fae, but for the last few months, I've also played host to a Fae title. The Queen, to be precise. I imagine that's the part that's beyond you. I do think she may be older than time itself."