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[sunmon]

how is it you manage to cause me problems even when you're supposedly keeping your distance?
great job at that, by the way.

[morozova]

( offscreen, he mutters, "i'd like to know that, myself". )

I'm sorry.
It was never my intention for this to be even a passing concern of yours.

[sunmon]

and what are you planning to do if she decides to turn her fangs your way?

[morozova]

I don't know.

( kill her, in all likelihood. )

I expect my blood wouldn't be very satisfying.

[sunmon]

it didn't look like she killed michael for his blood.

[morozova]

No.
But I'm not worried about her hurting me.

[sunmon]

im not afraid of vampires.

[morozova]

I know you can handle yourself.
But I would still prefer you to not be in danger at all.

[sunmon]

send a nichevo'ya to watch the house then.

[morozova]

( a long, drawn out pause. he could do that, he could, but ㅡ )

Would that be all right?

[sunmon]

she knows reggie, too.
i don't want him caught in the crossfire because you pointed her in my direction and i can't be home all the time.

[ ergo, she's willing to put up with the darkling's surveillance to ensure that the house is safe. ]

[morozova]

Small world.
Very well.
If you can, perhaps speak to Vanessa about something more for the house and the studio.
She should either know or know someone reliable who could ward it.

[sunmon]

i can ask nate for that.
believe it or not, i'm not entirely helpless.

[morozova]

I know you're not helpless.
I just wasn't aware you knew someone other than Vanessa that knew magic.

[sunmon]

i know i'm not going to win any battles here or anywhere else without strong allies. you might be on your way back to os alta expecting the second army to have fallen apart under my leadership, but i know something about what i'm doing.

anyway, i work at the midnight theater. they do magic shows. i know plenty of people with magic or exceptional power.

[morozova]

I'm well aware of how capable you are, Alina.
I've seen it for myself.

I'm possibly being foolish, expecting something to come of this, but I would rather worry for nothing than pretend that I'm not concerned.

[sunmon]

concerned about yourself, and about me.
but not all the other people she might attack?

[morozova]

I don't know the other people she might attack. ( and is hoping that she'll become the guards' problem sooner rather than later. )

[sunmon]

you shouldn't need to know them.

[morozova]

What would you have me do, then?

[sunmon]

i plan to at least ask around about it.
apparently the sin guards don't care that she posted a corpse to the network, but i'm sure some liers do, and i'm even more sure some of them know what to do about a vampire.

[morozova]

Unsurprising.
The locals here don't care for us. Why would they intervene on our behalf?
Do you know what to do with a vampire?

[sunmon]

do you?

[morozova]

I know some of the old stories.
Decapitation, stakes through the heart.
Fire.
The sort of thing.

[sunmon]

well, i have someone i can ask.