Alcuin no Delaunay

"One rarely expects a book to begin with the author facing imminent death," Ignis agreed. He might expect most stories involving vampires to both begin and end that way, but if this was supposed to be a love story, it was an odd choice. "Or at least, philosophizing about the reasonableness of being upset about facing death." In his view, it was never unreasonable to grieve one's losses, if only because human nature ensured that grief would happen whether or not it was reasonable.