Exactly. We've had hunters and others who don't like the supernatural... not to mention those that were killers in their own world.
It's one of the things he's a specialist at in his own world. Shouldn't have been something that he was dragged into at the age he was, but that's on his adopted father. I told him how I felt about that once.
Were there more of them in past years? During my time here, I've only met one man who was blatantly anti-supernatural, and anti-vampire in particular.
[Charles wonders for a moment how appropriate it might be to ask for more details about Tim. Would that be overstepping? A potential intrusion into the relationship Kyle has with him? He doesn't know. But if it is an overstep, he trusts Kyle will tell him that.]
I sometimes forget how young Tim is, because of how well-educated and capable he's proven himself. But he really is still a child, isn't he? [Compared to himself, at the very least.]
So you've met Sasha's husband then? It was kind of a rough thing through the years given how close she and I were.
There have been several vampire hunters here. One was the love of Diva's life, and he keeps bouncing back and forth here. There was Buffy and Faith. They both hunted vampires back home, but one of them loved one so there's that.
A child compared to you or me? But he's 19 now. When he first came here he was just turning 18. The Tim that was here before came here at 17, I think. There's been a few others that young as well.
They always seem to have had the roughest lives of anyone I've known, and been through more than I could imagine in your lifetime nonetheless theirs.
Yes. Early on in my time here, Tim and I had a minor disagreement over vampires. [Which was a bit more than minor in reality, but Charles wasn't bothered or surprised by it at the time.] But I have met Faith, too. So I suppose hunters, slayers, aren't terribly uncommon in general - I could understand why.
I suppose I tend to see anyone younger than about their mid-twenties as children. Not to suggest that they may be any less experienced than some adults, but physiologically, their brains are still developing, and more often than not, they're still learning and deciding about people and the world around them. Learning how to manage and respond to their emotions, looking for role models in the people around them...
Tim and I have had our disagreements over the years too. But I also went by and saw him after she vanished too. She would want me to... and I had to prove to him I could drink alcohol just to see his face.
I was friends with Buffy so I get it. The ones who were outright killers here were human and just horrible villains in their world according to Harley. You neve rknow.
I medically can't argue that with you and I wouldn't. Tim is young, and it makes it worse all he's been through for me.
Were you ever at times able to have a friendly relationship with him? [If any vampire could do it, he imagines Kyle might be one of them.]
Yes, I got a small taste of that during the storm, myself. My own growing impression is that he's been pushed far and beyond to achieve, and to be uniquely capable. Like a soldier of some kind.
At his wedding, yeah. We had a really good time that night. He was too drunk to remember my name, but things after that night were never as bad as before.
Literally a soldier. I've known several of his brothers, all adopted like he was but one. All of them trained like that. One of them is back in the city it seems.
I don't know his stories exactly, but having talked to Sasha and Jon who are all from the same world? It's the most horrific singular world I think I've heard of.
Sadly yes and no. It's given him a chance to live outside of that but I think it's hard for him as well. Like so many others, they only know one way of doing things, and this place usually screws that over.
I don't know if someone could be entirely blamed for feelings like those, if they've had traumatic experiences with vampires. For the large part, I do feel that vampires like you or I - you more so than myself, even - are less common.
It's quite fortunate he has your support, then. Mine as well, should we come to have that kind of friendship.
Sad but very true. You are one of the first I've known who truly lean into the kind of life I have has one. The kind of life I want. It was what first attracted me to you.
That said, we can't judge everyone by a bad experience. If I didn't that, I wouldn't be the man I am now.
I hope you do, for both your sake. It's never expected though from me. It's good for him though, and perhaps you as well.
That's how I feel about it, too. Prejudice doesn't form out of nowhere. It's a harmful set of ideas for people to carry around within them, but in my experience, unresolved fear is usually at their heart.
It would make my day if you and Tim became friends. Just to know those that matter the most to me get along, and could rely on one another in this place if they had to.
But I accept it might not work out. You're two different people but very good men.
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It's one of the things he's a specialist at in his own world. Shouldn't have been something that he was dragged into at the age he was, but that's on his adopted father. I told him how I felt about that once.
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[Charles wonders for a moment how appropriate it might be to ask for more details about Tim. Would that be overstepping? A potential intrusion into the relationship Kyle has with him? He doesn't know. But if it is an overstep, he trusts Kyle will tell him that.]
I sometimes forget how young Tim is, because of how well-educated and capable he's proven himself. But he really is still a child, isn't he? [Compared to himself, at the very least.]
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There have been several vampire hunters here. One was the love of Diva's life, and he keeps bouncing back and forth here. There was Buffy and Faith. They both hunted vampires back home, but one of them loved one so there's that.
A child compared to you or me? But he's 19 now. When he first came here he was just turning 18. The Tim that was here before came here at 17, I think. There's been a few others that young as well.
They always seem to have had the roughest lives of anyone I've known, and been through more than I could imagine in your lifetime nonetheless theirs.
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I suppose I tend to see anyone younger than about their mid-twenties as children. Not to suggest that they may be any less experienced than some adults, but physiologically, their brains are still developing, and more often than not, they're still learning and deciding about people and the world around them. Learning how to manage and respond to their emotions, looking for role models in the people around them...
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I was friends with Buffy so I get it. The ones who were outright killers here were human and just horrible villains in their world according to Harley. You neve rknow.
I medically can't argue that with you and I wouldn't. Tim is young, and it makes it worse all he's been through for me.
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Yes, I got a small taste of that during the storm, myself. My own growing impression is that he's been pushed far and beyond to achieve, and to be uniquely capable. Like a soldier of some kind.
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Literally a soldier. I've known several of his brothers, all adopted like he was but one. All of them trained like that. One of them is back in the city it seems.
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I'm glad, truly, that you were able to have something approaching a good relationship. His distaste for vampires felt very baked-in when I met him.
[He's honestly a little surprised that his intuition was so on the nose.
But it only makes Tim's situation feel that much more worthy of concern.]
Has his time in the city been good for him, you think?
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Sadly yes and no. It's given him a chance to live outside of that but I think it's hard for him as well. Like so many others, they only know one way of doing things, and this place usually screws that over.
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It's quite fortunate he has your support, then. Mine as well, should we come to have that kind of friendship.
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That said, we can't judge everyone by a bad experience. If I didn't that, I wouldn't be the man I am now.
I hope you do, for both your sake. It's never expected though from me. It's good for him though, and perhaps you as well.
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What do you mean by 'it's not expected'?
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But I accept it might not work out. You're two different people but very good men.