<div class="floatleft">(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/MaidensElf/imagesqtbnANd9GcTqc6LS-8MlYsXdXeA658iq72OyvkNoFXde2ayTdk7B-dFeKWk0.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center">Arman Mazzaferro (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132874.msg5913952#msg5913952)<br/>Unknown</div><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Arman had watched Mariana’s reactions as he spoke her shock and surprise clearly evident and understandable and matching his own surprise. He had been frightened that she would be angry and filled with hate for hurting her so long ago, but when her expression changes to one of joy even before she speaks he knows that she has already forgiven him, which only proves how much of her humanity she has managed to retain and reaffirm why he had been so attracted to her when she was still a mortal and why he suffered a broken heart himself by leaving her but that was better than the heart break he would have suffered had he taken her life.<br/><br/>”You cannot be blamed for not recognizing me as I did not recognize you until you just now told about living in this area when you did and telling me I reminded you of myself. You were mortal at the time and I of course never told you that I was not. I expected you to have died long ago and it is only logical for you to have expected the same of me.”<br/><br/>When Mariana explains her forgiveness and finishes by saying how soon after his leaving she had been found and forcibly turned Arman cannot repress the groan of regret and sorrow. Had he stayed just a few more days perhaps he could have protected her from the monster or at the very least rescued her from his mistreatment after he turned. But he had left knowing eventually he would not be able to stop himself from seducing her and due to his lack of control killing her. As much as he hates the way she was turned he would have liked to have rescued her from the one that turned her and they could have then spent the last centuries together instead thinking the other had died.<br/><br/>”Just a matter of days, that knowledge does not make me feel better about my decision to leave you when I did. I would have gladly fought even another of us to protect or rescue you. I’m sorry that your change and life since has been so unpleasant. I do hope that I can make the rest of your days at least less miserable but hopefully with some happiness once again. To be honest I never met another of out kind until I arrived here and settled into this house. I do not even remember my turning I just awoke one night alone and changed. The time I spent with you was really the only time in my life I did not simply go from one pleasure to seeking my next and it took me decades to really find any pleasure in my feeding again.”<br/><br/>When Mariana asks if he would have really made her change a special thing instead of a thing of nightmares Arman smiles warmly clearly showing the affection he once held for her that is being rekindled. He slightly turns his head to lean into her hand and his eyes drift closed as he enjoys the simple touch of her hand against his skin. Reopening his eyes he looks at her just inches away from his face his over is quiet and filled with the emotion he had felt so long ago and his mind and heart are remembering.<br/><br/>”If you would had have chosen to join me and I knew then how to do it I most certainly would have done my best to make it as pleasurable as possible. Melly might not agree but I never loved her and chose her because of her appearance and compliant nature and she seemed to enjoy the pain. You though it would have been a tender loving thing with me creating not a pet or a plaything to please anybody else. The others here had found out that I had never turned anyone and were pressuring me turn my first. You though it would have more like a marriage with me creating the companion I wanted to spend the rest of eternity with. Sure there is some pain involved but just like with feeding things can be done to make the pain just a part of an overall pleasurable experience and I would have been with you when you woke to see that you were fed properly and to start teaching you to live as an immortal.”<br/><br/>Arman leans forward closing the distance between them pressing his lips to Mariana’s like he had when he was falling in love with her and had decided that killing her just was not an option. Although he is definitely very much physically attracted to her and there is some passion and lust in the kiss there is more emotion.