talking!” I shouted.
“I mean, do you still think I’m crazy?”
"I don’t know what the hell to think anymore! Nothing in my life makes sense anymore," I yelled in a sudden burst of anger.
"I tried to explain a few hours ago, but you wouldn’t listen. I thought if you slept on it, it might help. Can you tell me what changes you have felt?"
"I taste last night’s dinner on forks that have been cleaned like it just came out the pan. Everything has gotten sharper and brighter. I can smell things that should have died away hours ago, it’s way too loud in here, all my memories dating back to my childhood that were sharp yesterday are now fuzzy, and my dog even ran away in fear of me when she saw me," I explained, my heart rate increasing with every breath. At that moment, Kiwi trotted in and sniffed Alik; she then barked, wagging her tail and he reached down to pick her up, stroking her ears.
"So your basic senses are stronger?"
"If you wanna put it that way, yes."
"Also your ability to remember got sharper since you woke up yesterday in my car?"
"Yeah… where are you going with this?"
"You know, animals like your puppy are much simpler creatures. In a way, it gives them advantages humans lost long ago even if you do have the thumb. They can sense life and death and changes in those around them much easier than humans can; it’s a part of their nature. Yet if you were to blur those lines, then that distinction would go out of focus and the puppy would react just like an angry crowd yelling because their movie went out of focus." He met my eyes for a moment and I think disbelief was still on my face. "What’s her name?" he asked, rubbing his nose to hers as she yelped happily.
"Kiwi… wait, that makes no sense; stop with the riddles and give me a straight answer."
"The human body is capable of much more than you have control over, I’m sure you know. When the transformation from human to vampire takes place, we trade certain limitations for others and gain strengths in places and lose some in others, like the need to breathe."
"But you’re breathing right now..."
"Of course, how else would I talk..." he stated like that was a stupid question and I fell into a seat. “We don’t really know what it is, but it looks like there is a virus that breaks down and rebuilds human blood cells, allowing them to carry another form of a life-giving substance.” He made air quotes around the word life. "Although no system is without flaw; vampire have lost the ability to create new blood cells, and without a heartbeat we can no longer ingest nutrients and take in oxygen as nothing is moving the blood. The only way we seem to survive is a sort of osmosis stemming from the stomach which leeches blood to the rest of the body to keep our strength," he finished.
"There you go talking about vampires again; I’m not a vampire and neither are you, and its vampires with an s.”
“You don’t say persons you say people, vampires just sounds wrong so we drop the s as you would with sheep or fish.”
“Okay, but it’s daytime and you’re out in the sun, explain that!"
He laughed at that. "I knew we would get to that, the sun does affect us, just not in the way you think." He bit his finger; a small drop of blood bubbled on his fingertip and a small spiral of smoke rose from the bubble. He then took a tissue off the table and the small drop was absorbed. He balled it up and
“I mean, do you still think I’m crazy?”
"I don’t know what the hell to think anymore! Nothing in my life makes sense anymore," I yelled in a sudden burst of anger.
"I tried to explain a few hours ago, but you wouldn’t listen. I thought if you slept on it, it might help. Can you tell me what changes you have felt?"
"I taste last night’s dinner on forks that have been cleaned like it just came out the pan. Everything has gotten sharper and brighter. I can smell things that should have died away hours ago, it’s way too loud in here, all my memories dating back to my childhood that were sharp yesterday are now fuzzy, and my dog even ran away in fear of me when she saw me," I explained, my heart rate increasing with every breath. At that moment, Kiwi trotted in and sniffed Alik; she then barked, wagging her tail and he reached down to pick her up, stroking her ears.
"So your basic senses are stronger?"
"If you wanna put it that way, yes."
"Also your ability to remember got sharper since you woke up yesterday in my car?"
"Yeah… where are you going with this?"
"You know, animals like your puppy are much simpler creatures. In a way, it gives them advantages humans lost long ago even if you do have the thumb. They can sense life and death and changes in those around them much easier than humans can; it’s a part of their nature. Yet if you were to blur those lines, then that distinction would go out of focus and the puppy would react just like an angry crowd yelling because their movie went out of focus." He met my eyes for a moment and I think disbelief was still on my face. "What’s her name?" he asked, rubbing his nose to hers as she yelped happily.
"Kiwi… wait, that makes no sense; stop with the riddles and give me a straight answer."
"The human body is capable of much more than you have control over, I’m sure you know. When the transformation from human to vampire takes place, we trade certain limitations for others and gain strengths in places and lose some in others, like the need to breathe."
"But you’re breathing right now..."
"Of course, how else would I talk..." he stated like that was a stupid question and I fell into a seat. “We don’t really know what it is, but it looks like there is a virus that breaks down and rebuilds human blood cells, allowing them to carry another form of a life-giving substance.” He made air quotes around the word life. "Although no system is without flaw; vampire have lost the ability to create new blood cells, and without a heartbeat we can no longer ingest nutrients and take in oxygen as nothing is moving the blood. The only way we seem to survive is a sort of osmosis stemming from the stomach which leeches blood to the rest of the body to keep our strength," he finished.
"There you go talking about vampires again; I’m not a vampire and neither are you, and its vampires with an s.”
“You don’t say persons you say people, vampires just sounds wrong so we drop the s as you would with sheep or fish.”
“Okay, but it’s daytime and you’re out in the sun, explain that!"
He laughed at that. "I knew we would get to that, the sun does affect us, just not in the way you think." He bit his finger; a small drop of blood bubbled on his fingertip and a small spiral of smoke rose from the bubble. He then took a tissue off the table and the small drop was absorbed. He balled it up and
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