you are a man or a woman with no country, who do you appeal to when you’re in need? Who defends you?” “That’s a damn brutal system you people operate under,” I said, glad to have a heartbeat. “Don’t be so naïve,” she said sharply. “It’s a far kinder structure than the one you’re in. How many humans starve to death each day because your nations refuse to care for their own? Even still, how many Americans die from illnesses when treatment is readily available but withheld if they can’t afford it? Vampires would never allow any of their people to go about hungry or in poverty. Even Hennessey, who
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