- I'm not the first person someone has tried to sway to the dark side with such tactics. Shouldn't someone like me be immune to this? - He looked reproachfully at the thug, then sighed and lit a cigar. - Alright, but only because of our deep connection, just this once, and only to celebrate the incredible day we had yesterday. If I hadn't dodged that singular blow, we wouldn't be here now.
He glanced around the deserted morning street and said:
- And yet, even though there's nothing wrong with it, I feel uncomfortable being out in broad daylight. We need to get off this avenue.
- A lighter won't do, - he explains, - its smell could alter the taste of the cigar.
At that moment, two figures appear nearby - one familiar, and the other, it's unclear, either familiar or not.
- Arar, you missed everything yesterday, - the young man said, handing his companion a bouquet of flowers, - it was such a rare and eventful day.
- Any event without my participation is just a dull routine, surely you know that?
- That's true.
He offered her his arm, and as she took it, they disappeared from the princess and phantom's view.
- Uncomfortable in broad daylight?... It was a long time ago, but I remember Lord once wanting to become a vampire. Are you one of them, perhaps?
Smiling gently, Gaheris opened the door to his house and invited her inside.