<strong>Sabien Theunissen</strong><br/><br/>"Many of the prevailing theories require that the father be the vampire.  A male must only be at that edge for a moment...a vampire imbued with life for an instant or right at the threshold between life and death.  A female, though...it would be significantly harder to manage such for even the better part of nine months."  She raises a hand palm up and shrugs, "without knowing who your father was we cannot very well determine how things came about, and the dead are notoriously difficult to get straight answers out of...I believe it may be some form of rule for those that have passed beyond the veil."<br/><br/>She considers for a bit before continuing, "it is possible that the...nature of the relationship between them is part of what caused your mother to be the way she was.  Some vampires have that effect on people.  As for being cold..."  She gives an amused smile, "it is far easier to restrain ones emotions and give an impression of coldness than to try to relax such control a measure and allow for a more 'normal' emotional range.  I'm afraid that I have been at it for so long it is second nature.  But there are those occasions when one can allow their emotions to kindle...places where there is some safety."  She smiles affectionately to her lab assistant who slips over closer to her.<br/><br/>A moment later the vampires arms wrap about the woman and pulls her into an intense kiss, pressing their bodies together for a long moment and eliciting a soft whimper from Tiphanie.  They pull apart after the better part of a minute, Sabien gently patting Tiphanie's chest in an affectionate gesture, the young woman blushing slightly.  Sabien continues, "Tiphanie is someone that I am...safe with.  I know she will not hurt me, and she knows what to watch for if things go...too far."  She slides an arm about the lab assistant, half to keep her knees from wobbling and half affection.  "She accepts what I am without constraint.  She understands that it is inherently part of who I am and does not try to see one without the other.  Besides,"  she smiles somewhat more broadly, "my oaths to my bloodhusband said I would never be with another man, nothing was said about other women."