As they walked away from the mostly-ruined building, Mallow pulled out his phone while Cherry wasn't looking.<span style="font-style: italic">Ling, check up on Raz's hiding spots. Let me know if he's alive.</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Since when do u give a shit what happens to the lightbulb?</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Since Afterglow got torched by the Wolves.</span><br/>The thief got nothing back after that, so he assumed Ling was doing as he asked. They were, again, mostly silent as they walked from Afterglow to C.C.'s apartment. It was a much longer walk than their first one of the day, but Mallow felt like there wasn't much to say. Cherry seemed to be caught up thinking about Raz, and the human knew she'd be thinking about it until Raz was confirmed to be alive and whole.<br/>It was only to be expected that the vampiress would be too caught up in her worry--which was ironic in its own right--to want to talk.<br/>It was only to be expected that the girl who opened the door clearly resembled Mallow.<br/>It was not to be expected that a spark of recognition would flash in her eyes at the sight of Mallow's companion.<br/>"Hey Mal, what's u--Cherry?"<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>"What?" Kai asked sounding, surprisingly enough, a little insulted. "Just<span style="font-style: italic">not become a vampire?</span>Do you think there would be half as many vampires out there if you could just fucking choose not to be one?" he asked incredulously. "You're gonna turn. No telling exactly when, but I'd say pretty damn soon, so get ready princess. You're gonna turn, and join the rest of us on the fuckin' dark side. Actually, you know what? Once you turn, once you've had your first drink? You can fuckin' go. I won't follow you, and no one from PM will even think about you."<br/>The girl actually was actually foolish enough to look hopeful. "You'll stay here 'til you're done, though, unless you wanna bite some random passer-by and drain 'em dry. At least I can keep you from doing that to me."<br/>He explained before she could ask. "I can push you off me while you're drinking and not give a shit about having a chunk of skin ripped out 'cuz you're too blood-drunk to let go."