"Sometimes. I find to often zhere are people zhat refuse zhat guiding hand und vould razher be lost in zhe depraved darkness zhat zhey create." Rip may have a little experience with that kind of person. Fifty years worth of experience that had her caught up along with the rest of them.

In a way, arriving in Duplicity when she did might have saved her in a really, strange and unusual sense. It definitely gave her the opportunity to meet others that helped turn her life around.

"Eventually, I might show you. Once ve get to know each ozher a bit better." Some of the things she can do really aren't for the faint of heart and some are simply down right private or she's not quite sure how to do them just yet.

As for whether she chose this though? She taps the side of her teacup for a moment before taking a sip. She takes her time savoring her tea before nodding a response. "I did. I chose to be zhis twice. Zhe first time back home und a second time here vhen zhings aligned to correct zhe previous mistakes." Someday, she might explain that further to him, just not tonight.

"Zhat.. sounds like a surprisingly accurate vay to describe it. Zhough for a vampire, you also haf temptation added into zhe mix. Humans are usually our primary food source." So she was more or less, a wolf living among the sheep.