“Hear me now when I tell you that I have no desire for you, body or blood,” I lie, “and when I tell you something, it is as I have said it. Do not ever attempt to compare me to another living being on this planet. I am not of your species. And I am not a Heztoichen, either. I am Lahve. Impartial, rational and uninterested in the fleeting affairs of humans — or their flesh.”
