Mmm. Blue flames. I think those will be a fitting addition to my flag.

Because they are also slowly poisoning every environment they touch. They cannot be ignored. They must be guided, or eradicated.

|| noooo!! That's so unfortunate!

"Perhaps. There are a great many things nosy mortals may need to learn."

I wish I were. These human politics bother me.

I've become stronger since we last met. The blood may not affect me the same way.

[Calliope released them and walked a few steps away.]

There are so few Drow out there to meet.

Ah... You.

|| I see how it is 😭/silly

Why didn't you inform me of this immediately?

The days of vampires seeing this world as inherently given to us should end. We are stewards, more than the humans with their short lifespans. They need regulation, and to be freed of the shackles the rich have imposed on them.

And what is the value of being rich with a short lifespan?