[ He's the first person who hasn't had any sense of disgust toward her after learning her secret, and that... is kind of astonishing. You're just a person, right? Her chest tightens and it's hard to find the words to answer him, and she's so incredibly grateful for their mental connection in that moment because there's no way she'd be able to speak out loud. ]
(Yeah, I have to drink blood to survive. I don't... I didn't choose to be a vampire, it was kind of an accident. I didn't want this.)
[ She'd wanted to die. In that moment when the choice had been her or Matt, she'd made a decision and accepted it. She'd been ready to die. But then when she'd been faced with the choice again, to let herself die or to keep fighting... She hadn't been able to do it, and she's still not entirely sure what that means. ]
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( Yeah, I have to drink blood to survive. I don't... I didn't choose to be a vampire, it was kind of an accident. I didn't want this. )
[ She'd wanted to die. In that moment when the choice had been her or Matt, she'd made a decision and accepted it. She'd been ready to die. But then when she'd been faced with the choice again, to let herself die or to keep fighting... She hadn't been able to do it, and she's still not entirely sure what that means. ]