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You want to know if I know what your can do.

That answers that question.

You're one big superhero family, I get it. I'm a vampire, I'm not about to judge.

[ Wait, what? ]

Wait, what?

Yep. Surprise.

Come on. You're joking.

[ Years of surprises of this caliber and spaceships aside, vampires are still not something she has ever actually accepted as real. ]

If it is, there's no punchline.

You're immortal, right? It's not so different. [ except for how it's way different. ]

[ Yeah except for that one little thing. ]

Did you want to get turned into a vampire?

I didn't ask for it, if that's what you mean.

[ Sorry, Spike, she's sensitive. And burning with questions about this, considering there is a very real chance she's going to turn around in 500 years and be alone in the world with Sylar. ]

How long have you been a vampire?

Around about... A buck twenty, give or take.

[ he has a surprising amount of patience for interrogation. esp if it means she might eventually trust him 8( ]

[ She nods, and it's audible through the swish of hair against the mouthpiece. It's a short while before she says anything, and when she does her voice is surprisingly casual, a careful study. ]

I hate the thought of it.

Of vampires? [ no wait, he's picking up what she's dropping down... ] You mean living forever.

I've never really had to deal with the thought of vampires. [ She pauses for effect, stopping to consider, and to derail that train so that she doesn't have to discuss it any longer than necessary. ] I don't think they bother me too much.

Well, good. Cause you'll probably be seeing a decent amount of me from now on.

[ he'll leave it for now, even if she did bring it up... ]

I'm glad that Peter's managed to make friends despite the circumstances.

[ She will just be over here, continuing to be oblivious. ]

Your uncle's a friendly type, he does just fine.

Yeah, I don't think I've met very many people who didn't like Peter the first time that they met him.

[ Maybe Sylar. Or her father. ]

I can see why. He was one of my first friends on the ship.

[ there's a whole lot of affection packed into the statement, but he's trying to move it aside. ] Point is, you need anything he can't get you: you've got it via me.

[ uncle by proxy? he's so bad at this. ]

[ Admittedly she isn't used to this kind of upfront kindness from relative strangers, and as a paranoid creature by habit and experience, it's in her nature to be suspicious. But anyone that Peter has cleared is usually good in her book, even if his opinions toward Sylar there at the end were a little dicey. ]

What, so you're like my space version of Red from Shawshank Redemption? You don't sound like Morgan Freeman.

[ It's okay, Spike. Allow her terrible jokes to make everything worse. ]

[ he actually laughs, a little, caught off guard more than anything. he's actually nervous, which is stupid in its own right. ]

Yeah, alright, you got me. Still, sentiment's the same. Besides, I get bored out of my skull around this junket. Especially when Pete's at work.

[ come hang with a lonely vampire you don't know that's not weird at all right. ]

[ All she needs is Nathan or Noah to tell her not to and she will basically be his best friend. ]

I wouldn't mind having someone to show me what to do for entertainment. I've been reading through old network posts like it's my job. I think my eyes are going to fall out of their skulls if I don't find something else to do.

Yeah, while it's good to know some of that stuff, you can only do it so long. Come down to the gardens one day, I'll teach you a game or something.

[ yeeahhhhh he and nathan aren't on such good terms, last he knew. he's trying to fix that but he doesn't have much hope for it turning around. ]

[ She's kind of a nerd in that respect. It's all way more interesting than her lit classes, at least. But even regenerating girls need a break now and then. ]

I'll keep you in mind the next time I need to take some time off.

I taught Pete how to play poker not too long ago. You know that one?

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