<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 looks to Muriel at her comment about being less of a monster with a ready prick with a mild shake of his head. ”There are a number of reason why this matters, first the human mind and body are meant to grow and mature. Stopping the growth of the body will only partially halt the growth of the mind leaving him with a body that cannot satisfy the needs of the mind. Also the hunger is very much like lust and learning to control that helps in controlling and dealing with the hunger, so by never really experiencing lust it is no surprise that he has trouble controlling his hunger. So is answer to your question yes having a ready prick does indeed mean we are less likely to be so monstrous. For example before coming to this town and having a limited food source I had not killed when I fed for nearly two centuries, but I had to learn control to do that. Mixing sex with the feeding has gone along way for me learning that control.”<br/><br/>At Julie-Anna’s addition to the discussion of Paul Arman turns to and even gives her a small smile. ”Indeed what was done cannot be changed or undone. If what you say is true then it might have been better to keep him here as a human until he grew more than made him one of us. Also if he truly does not hate me as much as the other men then perhaps I should make more of an effort to get to know him and even teach him more of what he needs to know to be one of us. I’m still afraid that the day will come when we will have to destroy him.” His eyes lose focus for a moment as he thinks about how he can start to get the boy to relax and open up to him. He decides that the next time he goes to the cellar instead of remaining silent simply waiting for Paul to go to sleep he will tell him about his own becoming an unknown and how he has absolutely no idea who his creator is and had to learn how to survive entirely on his own. Tell Paul how he had made quite a few mistakes and had to leave many towns in a hurry to keep the locals form finding and destroying him for the murders he committed before he learned better control and how to hide the deaths.<br/><br/>When the stack of CDs is pointed out Arman merely glances at them as he does not want to simply listen to the recordings of their music. He wants desperately to witness a live performance as he has not been able to do that since before arriving in Castle Hill some 30 plus years ago. Sometimes being confined to the house and town frustrates him and he longs to return to his days of wandering around from place to place, but then he thinks about how lonely that existence was and accepts the confinement in return for having the companionship of others of his own kind. This thought brings up the memories of the woman he had refused to feed from and thus kill when he was still a very young unknown. Had he known he could turn others then he would have asked this woman to join him and quite happily turned her and made her is his ageless partner. He silently hopes she lived a long and happy life and died feeling fulfilled. He has not really thought about her in a long time as he felt it only caused him needless pain, but now thinks that if he can remember her name he may do some research to see if she has any descendants that he could possibly look up and maybe make that kind of connection to again. All he can really remember is that she was truly a beautiful woman with fiery red hair and a kind heart with a personality to match her physical beauty. Truly a one of a kind and special woman, this thought causes his eyes to turn to Mariana as he finally realizes how much she reminds him of the woman from so long ago.<br/><br/>After Miss Crane makes her departure Arman is still looking at Mariana and gives her a soft warm smile when her gazes turns to him, again there is something far more deep and meaningful than simple lust in his gaze even more so than the looks he gives his beautiful creation Melly. Even he does not know if it is her he is seeing in that moment or the woman he could not bring himself to kill so long ago as they look so much alike. When she jumps up to rush out he wants nothing more than to rush after, although he has no idea what he would say to her if he did. But Christian asks her his question and she stops to reply after taking one of the CDs. He then joins her and Melly by the door and the small table claiming one of the discs for his own. ”Mariana, some may judge you while I simply think that you need to learn to better accept what you are and take pleasure where you can. As I said earlier I have learned to enjoy my meals, but I do not particularly enjoy hurting or killing. Would you accept my company so we can listen to this band’s music together?”<br/><br/>Almost reluctantly Arman’s eyes turn to Melly but he reaches out to again caress his lovely creation in a very gentle and affectionate manner. ”La mia dolce, is Italian, my native language and simply translates as my sweet. Mayhap you would like to join us as well to listen to this music.” At Melly’s comment about how musical talent might affect the taste he gets faraway look in his eyes and a wistful smile on his face. ”Ahhh, it adds the most delightful hint of sweetness.”