“Yes well, at the time I nearing a hundred, while she was sixteen, so I was rather put off. She said she was alright with waiting until she was older or I was comfortable with the idea, but being sick I was unable to think straight.” A sigh left him, “During the worse part of that, I got the idea in my head that we should go sailing. I did not care where we were headed, as long as it was far. When I heard of a ship headed for Greenland, that was the one I wanted to go on, and she could not talk me out of it. I cannot say I remember much of what happened, but one night while we were sailing the crew found out about my being a Vampire. I cannot say I know how, but I woke the next day, no longer ill and the ceiling being torn away from my cabin. Even with the threat of the sun, I took my time and freshened up. By the time they tore the last plank away, I made my move and jumped onto the deck. They expected me to turn to ash immediately, so seeing me out and about startled them. As we exchanged, the captain noticed I was looking for Malora. I tried to make them think she had no knowledge of what I was, but it was too late. He pointed to the sails and when I looked, there she was, hanging from a noose. That is when I felt a calm wash over me for a second time in my life, and I cannot remember all of it, but I slaughtered the whole crew and the other passengers who interfered. I will spare you the gruesome details, but by the time I was finished all I remember was that I was holding and calming an infant.”
