"I was very cute, and to cap it all off I got Mum to turn me into a blue fox. My sister's over there," he adds, pointing and leading Helen thataway.

"Well spotted!"

As they approach, Aedyt is saying, "Pretty good, actually! I will definitely put a word in with Mummy if you run out and want to conjure more."

"What's good?" Kerron asks. "Aedyt, Lily, this is our cousinoid, Helen. Helen, my sister, and Lily of no relation - Emperor's little sister."

"Nymph blood," says Lily, holding up her slightly depleted glass jug. "Want a sip?"

"No thanks, I already turned it down from the source."

"This is conjured, and it's really good," says Lily, pouring him a taste anyway.

Kerron sniffs it, then drinks it. "Okay, I'll admit, that is tasty stuff."

"Well, now I'm tempted," snorts Helen.

"I don't think it'd do anything for you. The three of us are half-vampires."

"Aurum ones," adds Lily. "One of the other kind of vampires tried it and torched on the spot."

"But no not-at-all-vampires have tried it yet, right?"

"Not and reported back to me. Do you really want it?"

"Sure, why not."

Lily pours her some too. Just enough that she'll be able to see if she likes it.

"Well, we don't really, either, except maybe Lily. Mostly it's bubbly if we're in that region of comestible at all. Very modern."

"And even I've only tasted a handful of cooperative people, hardly the range old vampires have had."

"I've had conjured human blood," volunteers Aedyt. "I think I like nymph better."

Helen giggles.

"I'd like to be able to compare to singer blood, but I don't think hybrids have ever been confirmed to have those."

"Can magic affect singerness?" wonders Aedyt. "Maybe you could get a similar experience even if we don't."

"And a 'singer' is...?"

"I'm not sure if it can," Lily says to Aedyt, and to Helen she says, "A 'singer' is someone who smells and tastes ludicrously delicious to a specific vampire. I've heard that Bella - Golden - used to be Edward's before she turned."

"...I am pretty sure that magic can affect singerness, please do not ask me how I know."