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[ she wants to tell him to stop flirting with her, but she can't force herself to deny the warmth that blossoms in her chest. it isn't even klaus, she's just so lonely.

instead she sets off down the path. ]

I was newly turned the first time.

[ a baby. she's a few years removed from that now but probably still a baby in klaus' eye. ]

The other vampires here looked after me.

[poppycock]

( he can envision how a newly turned vampire, blood-thirsty and reckless, might adjust to this place. terror, blood, death, repeat. by nature, vampires, and particularly older ones, are a solitary, indifferent lot, yet it doesn't surprise him that a young and untested caroline found her way into their good graces. points in their favor, as far as he's concerned.

still, there would be a thought to self-preservation in taking a young vampire under one's wing, perhaps. he interested, very much so, in the inner-workings of the vampires she speaks of. )

What benevolent service. I assume your natural charms worked in your favor.

[highlyemotional]

Yes, everyone I meet loves me unconditionally,

[ she agrees, even if that is not at all true. she doesn't think anyone loves her unconditionally. she wears bonnie's conditions as a ring on her finger. her mother loved her, fought her ex-husband to protect caroline, but she's gone now so any unconditional love went with her.

her hands clasp together in front of her. ]

Giles gave me all the B+ I could ask for. People were dying on my birthday so I skipped it. I think that sums up my time here.

[poppycock]

( it may not be true, but it should be. klaus smiles at the ground in front of him, mostly to himself, at the veiled response. )

The next one's coming up, by this place's calendar.

[highlyemotional]

Hopefully it won't be as awful. Will you draw me another picture?

[ she doesn't tell him she tore up the first one, that would be unkind and caroline does try her level best to be kind. (she fails a lot, but she tries.) ]

[poppycock]

I'll draw whatever you like. ( he can make no promises regarding how the tides of this place may turn come her birthday, but he can promise this. ) Another portrait, perhaps?

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[highlyemotional]

I'd like that.

[ as they walk, caroline catches klaus up on her time in the manor, before it looked more rubble than house. the friends she's made, though not many because she's still a little wary of klaus but most of her friends are grown adult men so they can handle themselves.

eventually, once they've looped the lake, caroline excuses herself. there's more time to talk later, but she hasn't seen gale and astarion yet and if she doesn't soon she may burst.

she hesitates, before she leaves. ]

Nice to see you again, Klaus.