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More parroting. The woman did not appear to have an opinion beyond a simple want to improve. He takes another drink, thinking. Moretti had recommended her, and not every Dragon needed to be a deep philosopher. She was a scientist, not a poet. A smile tugs when she broaches the topic of relationships with Kindred, the naivete was almost nostalgic.
"You mentioned you have not been dead long, correct? I think something you need to realize, Fräulein, is yes: you may have as many flings as you wish to keep yourself from feeling isolated and lonely. We are social monsters, despite what the Beast tells us otherwise. Even Gangrel wander into a gathering every so often. Hell, look at Herr Mitnick. Court seems like torture for him yet he keeps subjecting himself to community," he laughs at the thought, wondering if they would ever bicker again over something as trivial as introductions. "Then there is the magic preposition: 'but'. There is no such thing as a friend," he levels his gaze,
"This is not me being cruel. We are all liars, and our base nature demands we pick at each other at the nicest of times. I do not care if you go dress shopping with your gal pals or mimic Kine behaviour to feel better about your situation. We all do it," he shakes his glass, acknowledging his own pointless indulgence, "I will always advocate that fun keeps us from going crazy.
Supplicant Dirt Nap, for example, withholds feeding on humanity so he can assert he does not assault people on the regular.
I like helping Kine have the opportunity to change their lives and the world around them with enough investment. But I do not play around with the fact that I regularly prey on the naive and have killed more people than I can count in the name of survival." He had a feeling who she was referring to, based off the conversations he overheard at Court,
"Fräulein Wood will play at being the modern woman. It is very human, like the Instagram models I spend time with who like misquoting philosophers as 'deep' while overlaying the text on a carefully edited glamour shot. It is not about attention, they inspire others to do better! Ignoring they are showing off the shape of their ass for media revenue; it is a business and masquerading around the methods of your success is childish, to me.
If she wants to be the white girl yogi Eco Warrior so she can skirt her blood rituals, her method of tearing people apart in the most painful way possible, and constant hunger. I do not give a shit, she can be a neo-pagan forest nymph. It makes her happy. But the cost is the respect and professionalism of her peers. It becomes isolating for her potential," he thinks for a moment how that particular issue was burying her,
"I would prefer if you did not model your behaviour after her? She has no respect among the Clan, aside from Dirt Nap being starry-eyed about her ability to assault and girlish charm. That is not leadership, though. He would toss her for Atticus in a heartbeat as an alpha. The Daeva and Ventrue are eating her alive and she does not know how to change her image aside from double down. Admirable, but stubbornness it is not what the Dragons are about. Adaptation. Change," he focuses back on her,
"But how you pursue your studies should be modeled after what is healthy for your own psyche, so I can redirect you to Dirt Nap if you prefer the bliss that is the spirit of the hypocritical pacifist. It worked for him.
He follows the idea that he can train his Beast like breaking a horse and trick it into working with him as a partner.
Atticus...is quiet, he has not divulged much to me but he is very logical and to the point. He pushes his mind and body to its limits with torture.
Lina is by the book, quite literally. She does straight forward scientific practice that makes the most sense. But she is busy, and I get the feeling she will not be taking on a student any time soon.
My own methods are based around strength of the will and fueling your forward momentum with inspiration and excitement. We would have to hash out your philosophy, or mantra, or oath to yourself—however you want to put it. Your position as a nurse is a wonderful foundation."
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