Silverlight Terrace Then when I'm thirsty, I drink their blood.

She isn’t exactly impressed and he can’t blame her. They’ve barely just become friends! But he’s got her name, at least, and she’s curious enough. 

“Chew it for a while, then swallow it,” he tells her and then decides they’ve come far enough that he can sit. And he’ll wait while she chews, and should she decide it’s not worth her time, well, there’s no much he can do about that.