[While he's being considered, Lucius is also warily considering the other being as well. This thing - he claims that he didn't used to be human, and his specific denial of being a vampire could be a potential evasion. Is he trying to talk around the question of just what, exactly, he used to be?
Though he doesn't drop his attitude Lucius speaks a little more evenly, giving his conversational partner more of his careful attention.]
Fear is wise. It's good to give something or someone dangerous, someone who deserves respect, their space. It's only polite.
[No, he doesn't at all mind being feared. And he certainly knows he is worthy of respect.]
Normally I wouldn't say, but as you were so accommodating as to let me know a bit about...yourself. I am a wizard. Born and bred of magical blood, one of the most powerful lineages left in Britain, going back near a thousand years.
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Though he doesn't drop his attitude Lucius speaks a little more evenly, giving his conversational partner more of his careful attention.]
Fear is wise. It's good to give something or someone dangerous, someone who deserves respect, their space. It's only polite.
[No, he doesn't at all mind being feared. And he certainly knows he is worthy of respect.]
Normally I wouldn't say, but as you were so accommodating as to let me know a bit about...yourself. I am a wizard. Born and bred of magical blood, one of the most powerful lineages left in Britain, going back near a thousand years.