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Not all anything is evil, when you think about it.

All undead are evil.

Well...define 'undead'...

We talkin' Demons who have never technically been alive? Or Zombies and Vampires that once counted themselves among the living? Or something else altogether?

Demons aren't undead. They're outsiders, not undead. Zombies, vampires, ghouls, ghosts, liches... And other things that should have stayed dead.

Ahh. And what about Fae?

Well, I guess there could be undead that used to be fae but fae aren't usually evil.

Dhampirs? Anything like vampires?

[He sighs with a resigned grimace.]

Only a little. We're not undead like they are. We don't have to drink blood. But bright lights still bother most of us and we look enough like them that everyone seems to think... I can't help that a vampire attacked my mother.

[It's a bit of a relief to hear that they don't drink human blood. Dutch's frightened expression softens slightly when she hears that a vampire attacked his mother.] No, I guess you can't. Sorry. That's a raw deal you got there.

[Well, he said they don't have to drink any blood, not that they don't ever. Not that he never drinks blood.]

I never met her. I... I'm not sorry that I am what I am. But I'm tired of people assuming I'm just here to kill everyone and trying to kill me first.

Depends on what kind you're talking about. There are multiple kinds of Fae, after all.

I'm not saying they're all good. Jus they're usually not evil. Elemental fae usually aren't good but they're usually just crazy.

[ Dutch frowns. ] Is that a thing you're very used to? Assumptions like that? [ It bothers her because she tends to be a shoot first, ask questions later kind of person. ]

Well, they don't always try to kill me and Papa's not that way. But most people...

Sounds like you got a bad rap because of vampires.

I guess they find it hard to separate have to drink blood and always evil from at least crave blood and most are evil. It does make it hard to care about them sometimes.

Very true, and those Unseelie too. Gotta' watch out for them.

[She smirks in a rather telling manner.]

I have never heard of the Unseelie. I suppose they do not come to the Material Plane often.

It's a fancy, old English way of saying Dark Fae. We come to and from the mortal realms when it pleases us or when our tasks demand it of us.

Then I have no quarrel with them as long as they don't try to kill me. I would like to see some of the other planes someday after Papa dies.

Held back by family eh? Heard that one before.

Papa is better than family. I owe him everything and he is getting old now. Unless my goddess requires it of me, I will stay on this plane as long as he lives.

That's devotion you don't really see anymore. I commend you for it.

There is nothing to commend. [He blushes intensely, his abnormally fair skin making it show that much more vividly.] He's been like a father. Most people wouldn't do that for a dhampir.

Well, you're right on that note - it's a shame more people aren't more accepting of what they don't understand.

[There's a slight lift of her brow that says she's talking about him just as much as anyone else, considering the course of their conversation.]

They're not entirely wrong to be scared. When I was at the gladiator school... You can't unlearn some things. You can only control them.

...gladiator school? How old are you, kid?

I'm a hundred and ten. I spent almost half my life there.