Until Anise hesitated, the vampire hadn’t stopped to consider the ethical side of things. Where Landel’s was concerned, principles were an option rather than a hard and fast rule, and raiding was pretty tame. He blinked, then realized right away why she might not want to be too forthcoming.
“I doubt it’ll be missed. It probably regenerates each night like most things, and it’s hard to disrespect the dead when we can’t know the ruins weren’t just elaborately staged,” he said lightly, as though he were merely making a comment. He shifted his chin and hoped his next request wasn’t going to start off another round of teasing ploys. Enough of that. “Ne, what would you say to showing me some of it sometime? If it’s recognizable, that could help put a timeframe to it.” Aidou didn’t exactly want to get into a discussion of paper money and its history, but he especially didn’t want her to start thinking weird things, like he was going to steal it from her, or was using it as an excuse for something else.
So what if he hadn’t always lavished her with attention, he hadn’t done anything suspicious for her to honestly think he was a creep, right? Anise’s two-facedness made it hard to tell sometimes.
On top of the money, there were the bones to think about. He would have to examine the church himself, when or if he found himself there. Not to mention there was the whole rest of the town yet. “Is the church the only place you’ve visited?”
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“I doubt it’ll be missed. It probably regenerates each night like most things, and it’s hard to disrespect the dead when we can’t know the ruins weren’t just elaborately staged,” he said lightly, as though he were merely making a comment. He shifted his chin and hoped his next request wasn’t going to start off another round of teasing ploys. Enough of that. “Ne, what would you say to showing me some of it sometime? If it’s recognizable, that could help put a timeframe to it.” Aidou didn’t exactly want to get into a discussion of paper money and its history, but he especially didn’t want her to start thinking weird things, like he was going to steal it from her, or was using it as an excuse for something else.
So what if he hadn’t always lavished her with attention, he hadn’t done anything suspicious for her to honestly think he was a creep, right? Anise’s two-facedness made it hard to tell sometimes.
On top of the money, there were the bones to think about. He would have to examine the church himself, when or if he found himself there. Not to mention there was the whole rest of the town yet. “Is the church the only place you’ve visited?”