Asa had never doubted Carter's affections. Yes, maybe in the beginning he'd been wary of their authenticity, worried that they were misplaced. But never doubted. "I would be worried if I<i>didn't</i>know when you lie to me," he said, his tone rather matter of fact. "Guinea pig, no. I'd already long since tested the effects of vampire blood on humans before you." That had been part of the reason he'd gone through with the adoption to begin with. And after it was just refining and working to perfect what he already knew worked. Regardless of how temporary. "You're senses are more heightened than an average human, you're also immune to supernatural influence as I've already mentioned..." he trailed off for a moment, seemingly uncomfortable before continuing, "Though humans who've taken vampire blood for an extended period of time has shown to go through withdrawal not unlike an addict going cold turkey when their cut off. Some have even died." It was the main downside to it all, but for the time being it wasn't something Carter had to worry about.<br/><br/>One would think that continuously losing people over centuries would make one numb to the grief. If anything it seemed to make it worse as one would be a constant state of apprehension, knowing that one day they'd be left behind yet again. The vehemence with which Carter promised that he would search for Asa if he ever disappeared drew a soft smile from the vampire, "I would expect nothing less." There was no doubt in his mind that Carter would venture to the ends of the earth to find him, because Asa knew that he would do the same for Carter.<br/><br/>Asa gave a lazy shrug in response to Carter's skepticism at the mention of him having nothing left for Carter to go digging up. "Ah, but people also don't have centuries to perfect the art of covering ones tracks." If he was worried of Carter uncovering more secrets, he didn't look it, "The journals were an oversight. It won't happen again."<br/><br/>With Carter out of questions for the time being, a comfortable silence settled over the two of them and Asa made no move to break it, or to disentangle himself from the other. Though at the question of what their plans for the day were, he couldn't help but to state matter of factly, "You were going to<i>study</i>. And Nancy was right to get at you, you know better." Not giving Carter chance to get in a word as he went on, "How do you feel about going into town?"