The Count of Monte Caido

The sensation of his blood being taken was not an overly pleasant one, reminded him of a much too long mosquito bite, but he got through it by making faces over Roana's shoulder at the corridor behind her. Before long she had taken the vial away, and he took his arm back, pressing his palm over the hole left by the needle, where fluid dripped. "Protect..? Ah..I would ask for the protection of my dear Rexanna, but...I think she is more than capable of protecting herself. Perhaps..make sure that Ronin comes out of this alive. He tends to be foolishly brave, and I am sure he is not happy with this new arrangment. I care for him, so I would rather he not kill himself being an idiot." He thought for a moment more, then shook his head. "There is no one else." Bastien Start by admitting from cradle to tomb Isn't that long a stay Life is a cabaret, old chum It's only a cabaret, old chum