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[wolfssegen]

[Posted on July 8, nighttime.]

Just a thought, considering our recent guests - what's your opinion on vampires and werewolves? Do you have them where you come from or are they just in stories? Monsters? Misunderstood? Just another type of creature?

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[speak_n_spell]

[Outside the network, Sypha sucks in a sharp breath that usually foreshadows a long and scathing diatribe]

Vampires are like any other powerful creature, including humans - manageable so long as there's someone reasonable at the helm of their society. But if the balance shifts, the scope of damage they can inflict is exponentially worse, and that's where things get dangerous.

Werewolves are much the same, except without the centralized power structure, as far as I'm aware.

[wolfssegen]

That really does sound a lot like humans. Alright so long as someone sensible is leading them.

Yeah, werewolves tend to run in packs rather than nations.

[speak_n_spell]

There are certainly similarities! The trouble with vampires is, the powerful leaders are usually older. The older the vampire, the more time for them to grow distant and disdainful of humanity. And that's assuming they stay sane.

I've fought many vampires, but I don't think I've ever encountered a proper werewolf! Wolvish monsters and demons, sure, but not a genuine shapeshifting human.

[wolfssegen]

The problem with immortality, huh?

[And if only she knew she's having an encounter with a proper werewolf right now. Then again, several people have already figured his secret out, so who knows, she might too.]

Do you have legends about them, where you're from? Or is it just monsters and demons that happen to look like wolves?