[Oh, and the supposed Gale latches onto that ire, smiling all the while.]

Of course. I've been thinking about it all day, how useful it'd have been to have a true vampire with us. You could have done so much with that kind of power. I really should have realized it sooner.

But never you fret, my love. I like you just the way you are, and I've got power enough for both of us.