"Indeed." He has no empathy to spare for their captors. They've created their own problems by bringing them here and provoking them to the point of action. He behaved for months and would have continued to do so if they hadn't started tearing into his Subs. And by extension him.
"Good. They bleed far too much too quickly. Another time when resource management isn't part of the goal." He smiles thinly, eyes catching a glint of streetlight, bled of color. He chuffs a soft laugh. "In the 80s I favored gym rats when I felt particularly spiteful. The shock on their faces when they'd strike me." Something he always allowed when he knew he was going for a kill and not a clandestine feed. Why not?
"Powerless. I want him to feel powerless. If he has a partner or a spouse, he's going to watch us take them apart first. If he has children, quick, quiet kills. Leave them in their beds."
CW: mention of killing children (will not be threaded as per game rules)
"Good. They bleed far too much too quickly. Another time when resource management isn't part of the goal." He smiles thinly, eyes catching a glint of streetlight, bled of color. He chuffs a soft laugh. "In the 80s I favored gym rats when I felt particularly spiteful. The shock on their faces when they'd strike me." Something he always allowed when he knew he was going for a kill and not a clandestine feed. Why not?
"Powerless. I want him to feel powerless. If he has a partner or a spouse, he's going to watch us take them apart first. If he has children, quick, quiet kills. Leave them in their beds."