The concern was one Kane could appreciate but he gave a small almost bitter smile. "But Ab, pain is inevitable. There is no way to safeguard from all of it. It's part of life and makes you appreciate the non-pain all the more I suppose." He pondered it as he explained. "Do you think it's something we can avoid? There is going to be more in our future." In a way just acknowledging this was refreshing and somehow Kane felt a little lighter if only for the moment. "Keep eating." He offered with the smallest smile as he could tell Ab was going to need a lot to fill up today.<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>Drake knew that Gabriel was trying to protect him but he couldn't picture how the man was going to do that. He didn't know Dimitri or just how dangerous he was. "Yes as a sire technically he was supposed to show me the ways of what vampires are all about. That's now how it usually goes." But Drake was left on his own, to fend for himself to to figure it all out including the powerful bloodlust that hit any new convert. It had been a rough time and made him resent his condition and hurt a lot of people when he was out of his mind. "I appreciate you looking into it but I doubt it will keep him away." He said with a pragmatic sigh, "Is there is anything else?"