"Where might this person be, who has an appetite like me?"
Ah, I knew she wouldn't just let it go. I hadn't even finished my first cake when she came back to that topic. There was Natha here, the Lord of Greed; there was Eruha, technically her younger brother by the same progenitor. But it was as if they were air for her, the blood-red eyes focusing on me all the time, making me feel like I was the main dish or something.
Whew--well, it was my fault anyway. Perhaps I should have just acted surprised earlier.
I ate the cake slowly to stretch the time for me to contemplate the best way to respond to this. It wasn't like I could tell her about those big eaters back on Earth, and if I randomly mentioned someone in some place, this vampire might look into it for real since she seemed a bit unhinged.
What to do...
"Hmm...she's not in this world," I said in the end, with a quieter voice.
