Silence That Isn't Golden

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I sent him a letter today. I realized that I can't even remember a time that he didn't send me letters, I still don't know how he knows me or why he writes to me, but for the first time, I sent him a letter in reply. It's all rather odd, but maybe he'll explain a little more after reading my letter. I don't know where he is, but Sanguis can find anyone. I trust Sanguis.

And it seems that life goes pretty lazily around here. Everyone is always lying around being emotional, or simply existing. It is rather... annoying, actually.

Surprisingly, my parents wrote to me earlier as well, to wish me luck and tell me not to eat anyone. What does that mean? Why on earth would they expect me to eat anyone? I mean, I realize that they are both vampires, but...

Perhaps I shall write him another letter to see what he thinks.

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Perhaps I shall start copying his letters down here. They might make a little more sense in my own handwriting.

And supposedly, there is a boy here who is his brother! I must go to meet him at some point.

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He wrote me back. I do what he does for work, because he seems to have unusual amounts of free time.

Dear Paolo,

I was overjoyed to receive your reply. I don't really have much of anyone to talk to where I am, so it's nice to hear from you and have someone besides my brother to talk to. In answer to your questions, I cannot tell you my name, I cannot tell you my name, but I know you because I met you when you were younger, a few years ago.

As for your other questions, I think vampirism can be passed by birth, otherwise there wouldn't be such a large vampire community, nor would there be such strange creatures as dhampir.

Anyway, it's been quite hot where I live, how about you? Of course, it does get quite nasty and muggy here when it's hot.

Be alert, Paolo. Watch out for anyone calling themselves a Death Eater. They may be lying, but that is a dangerous claim whether truthful or not.

Beware the hooded warren poison.

My sincerest well-wishes.

And most of my questions remain unanswered. Except... Now it may turn out that I am a vampire. I am not sure whether I am happy about that or not. But it probably has something to do with what my parents said.

He left another of his codes, too. He's ended almost every letter he's sent with one of those, and I have absolutely no idea what they mean.

He is an enigma, and I fear he is slowly turning me into an enigma to myself, which is definitely not what I need right now.

But I think he is the only person I trust right now.

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My stomach has recently started to hurt. And not stop. I've tried everything--eating, not eating, I've been to the Hospital Wing. Nothing is working.

I asked him about it in another letter. There's no promising he'll know what it is, but he's known the answer to most other questions I've asked, so... It's worth asking.