A heavy, sick feeling lodges itself in Fai's gut. Don't give them the chance...? He doesn't even wait to find out--
"I don't believe that." Fai turns, the skillet held in one hand with a potholder around the handle, the spatula in the other, and moves over to the plate he's already set out on the counter near Devin. He's still smiling, though at a lower intensity this time, as he plates the meal, his one blue eye trained for the moment on the food rather than on Devin. "I don't believe you're as bad as you think you are," he continues, softly. "Otherwise you wouldn't care about harming people, would you? You wouldn't care about saving humans from other vampires. You'd be just like the others, using people for what you need and then breaking them. Or you'd hide what you are instead of being honest about it--"
He has to stop. His own heartbeat is too loud in his ears and his hands are shaking again. The smile stays plastered on, a little too bright again.
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"I don't believe that." Fai turns, the skillet held in one hand with a potholder around the handle, the spatula in the other, and moves over to the plate he's already set out on the counter near Devin. He's still smiling, though at a lower intensity this time, as he plates the meal, his one blue eye trained for the moment on the food rather than on Devin. "I don't believe you're as bad as you think you are," he continues, softly. "Otherwise you wouldn't care about harming people, would you? You wouldn't care about saving humans from other vampires. You'd be just like the others, using people for what you need and then breaking them. Or you'd hide what you are instead of being honest about it--"
He has to stop. His own heartbeat is too loud in his ears and his hands are shaking again. The smile stays plastered on, a little too bright again.
He doesn't know he doesn't know he doesn't know