It was a complicated matter, but I will do my best to answer satisfactorily.
Towards the end of my life I began to express... compassion for humanity, which was at odds with how I had existed for nearly two millennia. I believe Eric felt betrayed by this shift in my ideologies, as I was the one who had taught him everything he knew of being vampire. I had instilled in him the concept that there was no such thing as good or evil, only survival or death. That our survival came at the expense of so many hundreds of humans did not trouble me then, but it began to in perhaps the early eighteen hundreds. By the nineteen hundreds, I had tired entirely of the predatory brutality perpetuated by my people against humanity.
At no point did we agree not to speak for a set duration. It was merely a matter of being on different paths. As I was perhaps the fifth oldest vampire in existence at that time and as such wielded a certain amount of power within the political hierarchy of our kind, I became a governor of a vampire territory in Texas and recognized that even our prodigious powers would not protect us against the advancing technologies of humanity. Being revealed was inevitable, and I knew then we would have to control the narrative surrounding this revelation or risk extinction. We are strong, yes, but our vulnerabilities have been known to humanity since time immemorial. As such, I began working with others towards a political end to reveal the existence of vampires, a motion that came to fruition in 2009.
Eric's own influence followed a parallel line, presiding over a significant part of Louisiana state. Being both my progeny and himself over a millennia, he was afforded certain privileges and had earned the respect of many among our kind. We may have reconciled earlier if not for these responsibilities heavy on us both.
However, when he thought me in danger he was at my side as quickly as constraints would allow. There is no lack of love between us. When you are immortal, you always expect that you have more time to accomplish what you wish to. It is not always true.
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Towards the end of my life I began to express... compassion for humanity, which was at odds with how I had existed for nearly two millennia. I believe Eric felt betrayed by this shift in my ideologies, as I was the one who had taught him everything he knew of being vampire. I had instilled in him the concept that there was no such thing as good or evil, only survival or death. That our survival came at the expense of so many hundreds of humans did not trouble me then, but it began to in perhaps the early eighteen hundreds. By the nineteen hundreds, I had tired entirely of the predatory brutality perpetuated by my people against humanity.
At no point did we agree not to speak for a set duration. It was merely a matter of being on different paths. As I was perhaps the fifth oldest vampire in existence at that time and as such wielded a certain amount of power within the political hierarchy of our kind, I became a governor of a vampire territory in Texas and recognized that even our prodigious powers would not protect us against the advancing technologies of humanity. Being revealed was inevitable, and I knew then we would have to control the narrative surrounding this revelation or risk extinction. We are strong, yes, but our vulnerabilities have been known to humanity since time immemorial. As such, I began working with others towards a political end to reveal the existence of vampires, a motion that came to fruition in 2009.
Eric's own influence followed a parallel line, presiding over a significant part of Louisiana state. Being both my progeny and himself over a millennia, he was afforded certain privileges and had earned the respect of many among our kind. We may have reconciled earlier if not for these responsibilities heavy on us both.
However, when he thought me in danger he was at my side as quickly as constraints would allow. There is no lack of love between us. When you are immortal, you always expect that you have more time to accomplish what you wish to. It is not always true.