Phemys laughed with great delight, speaking with the kind of layered, subtle implication befitting a true vampire:
"Good people can't handle good whips, after all, this weapon has never symbolized anything beautiful since its inception, Murphy. You really are a natural midnight rascal."
"But you are, after all, a whip expert, so I guess we're even in that regard."
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The young lady has changed greatly.
She wants to start a life truly belonging to herself, which seems to trigger a transformation from within and a detachment from the rigid life centered around family doctrines. No longer a puppet on string, she is graced with real freedom. Murphy is pleased to see such changes.
Fundamentally, he doesn't enjoy befriending dullards.
