( it's interesting to see what sets off this boy's rage. godric can see it seething in him, crawling beneath his skin like maggots in a corpse. a thousand years ago, he might have thought this one would make a good vampire. now, he believes he'd be a very poor one.

godric steps in close to him. tilts his head back to meet his gaze. most cannot bear the proximity, he thinks this one will stand stock still on the strength of his spite. )

You wish to ally with me because you perceive me to be strong. You hope that I will rally against this place and so, you have it in your head you can use me for your own ends if only you offer enough to me to appeal.

( it is... small. his own people used to offer sacrifices to gods that did not hear them. in that same soft, accented voice, he continues, )

I have killed thousands of your kind for nothing else but boredom. Slaughtered armies because I felt it to be my birthright to express the superiority of my kind. Women, children, warriors, I treated your species as a human might an ant, snuffing out lives beneath my heel. I have been monstrous. It is a choice of mine, to be otherwise these days. Please do not mistake me for one who can be manipulated, or pushed. If I tell you that I would expect nothing in return for rendering assistance, I would prefer you trust to that. Whether it will be easy or not is irrelevant. Should there be a cost, I will bear it.