Shared Suspicions... Challenge #135 PG
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:49 pm
Disclaimer: Don't own Moonlight, no copyright infringement intended, not making any money doing this.
“What fairy tale did you tap to get that gem?”
“No fairy tale. While a historian from the vampire council was here last week, we were talking vampire history. Millennia ago, vampires and humans lived together, cared for each other.”
“Right. One of us gets hungry, he asks a neighbor if he can tap a vein?”
“Or she. It was a barter system based on blood. We need blood, and are stronger and faster than humans. It worked for a long time.”
“What finally broke up the love fest?”
“Humans began fearing and doubting vampires.”
“Humans kept disappearing, huh.”
“Don’t know. Didn’t happen overnight. Remember the fable of the scorpion wanting to cross a lake? He asked a turtle or frog for a ride. It says, ‘You’ll sting me and I’ll die!’ but the scorpion says, ‘No, I’d die, too! I promise not to sting you if you take me across.’ The deal was struck. All goes well until they’re halfway across when the scorpion stings his benefactor. As they‘re sinking, he says, ‘Why? You’ll die, now!’ and the scorpion says, “I couldn’t help it! It’s my nature.”
“Everybody knows that one…”
“But they don’t know that the scorpion was originally a vampire wanting to cross a desert and the other animal his human brother with a covered wagon. It was a cautionary about trusting vampires. You can’t trust vampires.”
“People trust you. I trust you.”
“I’m a vampire. I don’t trust me.”
“Another one of your many issues, Mick. Does Josef trust you? Logan? Guillermo?"
"Vampires, Beth."
"Do you trust them?"
"To a point."
Beth sighed. "That's the best I'm gonna get, isn't it?"
"Now? Yeah. It is. I love you, you know."
"Then, I'll take it."
“What fairy tale did you tap to get that gem?”
“No fairy tale. While a historian from the vampire council was here last week, we were talking vampire history. Millennia ago, vampires and humans lived together, cared for each other.”
“Right. One of us gets hungry, he asks a neighbor if he can tap a vein?”
“Or she. It was a barter system based on blood. We need blood, and are stronger and faster than humans. It worked for a long time.”
“What finally broke up the love fest?”
“Humans began fearing and doubting vampires.”
“Humans kept disappearing, huh.”
“Don’t know. Didn’t happen overnight. Remember the fable of the scorpion wanting to cross a lake? He asked a turtle or frog for a ride. It says, ‘You’ll sting me and I’ll die!’ but the scorpion says, ‘No, I’d die, too! I promise not to sting you if you take me across.’ The deal was struck. All goes well until they’re halfway across when the scorpion stings his benefactor. As they‘re sinking, he says, ‘Why? You’ll die, now!’ and the scorpion says, “I couldn’t help it! It’s my nature.”
“Everybody knows that one…”
“But they don’t know that the scorpion was originally a vampire wanting to cross a desert and the other animal his human brother with a covered wagon. It was a cautionary about trusting vampires. You can’t trust vampires.”
“People trust you. I trust you.”
“I’m a vampire. I don’t trust me.”
“Another one of your many issues, Mick. Does Josef trust you? Logan? Guillermo?"
"Vampires, Beth."
"Do you trust them?"
"To a point."
Beth sighed. "That's the best I'm gonna get, isn't it?"
"Now? Yeah. It is. I love you, you know."
"Then, I'll take it."
A mutualistic relationship between humans and vampires makes sense - sustenance for one, and protection for the other. 
