"I thought it was a good topic to get into," he says gamely. "I mean, we all live here."
On Earth, he means. Politics aside, if Current Era fucking cooks the planet, this also sucks (ha ha) for vampires. Worth paying attention to, so that there's something there remaining in the light if they all live long enough to see the sun again.
"And you said you had read that one."
Just not the book about Louis, just not their book. He supposes that's fine. He's on the verge of something else when his attention is preoccupied with a familiar twinge of—?
Nothing, turns out, but the guy who was standing around awkwardly has moved closer, and now sidles up to all of them with a grim, sleep-deprived expression.
"I'm surprised nobody boycotts these things, Molloy," the man says, and Daniel stares at him, trying to remember what the fuck his name is. He knows him, right? "—But I'm not surprised to see you hanging around with whatever's happening here, DEI Elton impersonators cruising for college freshmen."
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"I thought it was a good topic to get into," he says gamely. "I mean, we all live here."
On Earth, he means. Politics aside, if Current Era fucking cooks the planet, this also sucks (ha ha) for vampires. Worth paying attention to, so that there's something there remaining in the light if they all live long enough to see the sun again.
"And you said you had read that one."
Just not the book about Louis, just not their book. He supposes that's fine. He's on the verge of something else when his attention is preoccupied with a familiar twinge of—?
Nothing, turns out, but the guy who was standing around awkwardly has moved closer, and now sidles up to all of them with a grim, sleep-deprived expression.
"I'm surprised nobody boycotts these things, Molloy," the man says, and Daniel stares at him, trying to remember what the fuck his name is. He knows him, right? "—But I'm not surprised to see you hanging around with whatever's happening here, DEI Elton impersonators cruising for college freshmen."
"Oh. Okay. Well, you're just gonna leave now—"