Cain wasn't above admitting he had misstepped somewhere along the way. Mistakes were not something one could grow out of, no matter how long they lived. He recognized the change in atmosphere and was careful not to let it infect him as well and make things more tense for no reason. Klaus was still acting civilly and the question spoke of a willingness to hear what Cain meant, although he would probably still need to tread carefully since he had no idea what the actual fear was about. His age not matching up to his appearance, most certainly, yet it was being seen as a threat of some sort.
"Magic?" he asked, head shaking in the negative. "No, from what I understand that's all one concept and I don't have a drop of the stuff in me. I'm just old; I don't age, and that's all there is special about me."
Perhaps not the best of explanations, but it really was the only one that Cain had. His life was supposed to continue an indeterminate amount and so it did. He had hunches and theories and consequences but no reason. He had long since come to terms with that fact even if he would never quite stop keeping an ear to the ground for any sort of understanding he might find.
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Cain wasn't above admitting he had misstepped somewhere along the way. Mistakes were not something one could grow out of, no matter how long they lived. He recognized the change in atmosphere and was careful not to let it infect him as well and make things more tense for no reason. Klaus was still acting civilly and the question spoke of a willingness to hear what Cain meant, although he would probably still need to tread carefully since he had no idea what the actual fear was about. His age not matching up to his appearance, most certainly, yet it was being seen as a threat of some sort.
"Magic?" he asked, head shaking in the negative. "No, from what I understand that's all one concept and I don't have a drop of the stuff in me. I'm just old; I don't age, and that's all there is special about me."
Perhaps not the best of explanations, but it really was the only one that Cain had. His life was supposed to continue an indeterminate amount and so it did. He had hunches and theories and consequences but no reason. He had long since come to terms with that fact even if he would never quite stop keeping an ear to the ground for any sort of understanding he might find.