“katerina, please don’t tell me you’re thinking what i think you’re thinking.”
“ oh, i’m thinking exactly what you think i’m thinking. don’t deny it. it’s a good idea & you know it. you can be with him for as long as forever lasts. ”
“i’m not exactly the mother-type, kat. i mean, yeah, the idea of having a family with roy… it’s nice enough. but he’s going to age and i’m not. i’m not prepared for that. my children will age and die and i’ll remain eternally 23.”
“ trust me, i could tell. i couldn’t picture you as a mother. ever. in a million years. & you’ll have that much time to have a family. you know——i may be able to help your case. I have a feeling you won’t like it, so i don’t think it’s good to throw it out there. ”
“katerina, what do you take me for? i’m not a man who jumps from beautiful woman to beautiful woman. i can’t believe you’ve become so insecure to think that i wouldn’t want you. i don’t care how you’ve changed kat, i don’t expect you to be the same as you were two centuries ago, for i am no longer the same man i used to be.”
“ i would not be able to confirm that, would i? any woman you would have been with would be deadby now. i am not insecure; i have become wiser with the world & how handsome men like you choose whom you show your love to charming women like myself. & i do not know if you have changed for the better. all i will say is your queen has become no more than a snake. ”
“things aren’t much easier for me… i’m like lou el shakri-ahshan now. i was told that i have to ‘rebuild the species’ and that means children.”
“ don’t you have a boyfriend to do that with? i’m sure he wouldn’t mind making the species over with you and probably make a new species with that. c'mon, stells. don’t think of it too much. kids aren’t so bad. been there, birthed that. ”
“i’m one hundred percent out of the bloodshed business. no assassinating, no shakri-kushan… i can finally move on. but i’ll be around a lot longer… no more ‘poof’s for stells.”
“ well, dearie, you’re missing one hell of a business. it's much more fun than you remember it to be. times have changed since you were alive. things are easier. ”
“well, i would suppose so if their blood was on your chin…”
“ you just make wonderful observations, don’t you? i was hungry, hot guy was around, lured him in & i bit his girlfriend. i didn’t really want the guy. he looked like he wouldn’t have tasted so good. don’t know what happened to him now. ”
“for once, i don’t feel like ripping every human i see apart limb for limb. all i want to do is cuddle and you’re acting like it’s the worst thing in the world that i’m actually in a good mood. i really don’t understand you sometimes.”
“ i’m very proud of you for that, i really am. it’s a hint of progress after two centuries. i’m not trying to act that way —— i’m just —— are you sure that you want me? i’m sure you must have some kind of new toy. i do not feel love the way i used to. ”
“ fine. what does his highness need so much attention for? attempts at going for my lips will result in a very high pitch scream. & this time, it won’t be coming from my mouth. ”
