[She doesn’t understand. Of course she doesn’t understand; he has never been public about the exact nature of his abnormality, and perhaps she doesn’t even come from a world stalked by vampires at all. Perhaps to Gray, he is just a pale, dark-eyed man with a sensitivity to the sun.
But it is not the sun that is causing him to struggle now.]
No, [he says bluntly.] I didn’t mean for water. Your blood — the smell of it is overpowering. That’s why…
[That’s why he hastily tips the bottled water over her arm, rinsing the wound so it can be bandaged as soon as possible.]
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But it is not the sun that is causing him to struggle now.]
No, [he says bluntly.] I didn’t mean for water. Your blood — the smell of it is overpowering. That’s why…
[That’s why he hastily tips the bottled water over her arm, rinsing the wound so it can be bandaged as soon as possible.]