[ It's definitely more likely to be the latter, as the night goes on. Bones hasn't been a vampire for too long—he keeps up and he has a flask with some bloodwine, but this kind of one-on-one time with a novice is weird.
Really, he just wants to shut Jim up. But he can't seem to get out of his orbit now that he's stuck here. Being from the North piques his interest. ]
Riverside... I know the place. I was a few hours south, but I saw patients from there sometimes. Usually bad ones.
[ He doesn't say it, but he knows that that far north, you saw a lot of night terrors. Does he feel bad for the kid? No way. Bones shrugs again, keeping his eyes away from Jim's neck. ]
Alright, that's 18. What's your favorite color?
[ It's clear that he's trying to keep himself from caring, this is a filler question at best. ]
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Really, he just wants to shut Jim up. But he can't seem to get out of his orbit now that he's stuck here. Being from the North piques his interest. ]
Riverside... I know the place. I was a few hours south, but I saw patients from there sometimes. Usually bad ones.
[ He doesn't say it, but he knows that that far north, you saw a lot of night terrors. Does he feel bad for the kid? No way. Bones shrugs again, keeping his eyes away from Jim's neck. ]
Alright, that's 18. What's your favorite color?
[ It's clear that he's trying to keep himself from caring, this is a filler question at best. ]