@headlcks wrote: " you may be .. kinda scary mister, but i got your back before the ritual starts. " from lil rem to drifter via @/headlcks
“why, thank you, little one. that’s mighty kind,” the vampire sneers, corners of his already dangerously wide smile stretching even further as he stares down the bridge of his nose. most would take being ‘scary’ to heart, and have it lead to some intense self reflection and doubt. for the drifter? oh, he’d take it as a compliment.
sure, perhaps he was only here for the fun of it, for that sweet taste of copper and adrenaline, this supposed wish? it was a bonus. he’d slaughtered many with his own two hands, and many more would follow in their footsteps. yet no matter the tally, one thing remained true; the drifter worked alone. allies were liabilities, or just future meals sitting out in the open. yet… this thing, whatever it may be, it’d escaped his jaws, for the time being.
“guess that means i’ll be watchin’ out for you too.” they were so small, they could be squished beneath someone’s boot if they weren’t careful. “there aren’t many that’ve had me watch their back and live to tell the tale. looks like you’ll be one of the first. how special.”