"Do you want to see?"

'I think it wise to.'  They sit up - or, well, levitate themself into a sitting position - and peek out from behind the wing, though they keep it around and still largely in front of them.

Cam pulls up the video.

They watch.

They lie back down and again cocoon themself under their wing.

They search their computer for 'very sad violin-cello duets sheet music'.

Judy saunters down the stairs, cat over shoulder.  "Thanks for that, Cam, good call; it doesn't seem like it was that long but - uh.  . . . Jeez.  You, uh, practicing looking sad, Ancora?"

'Yes.'

"Well.  Good job, very convincing."

Cam will play the violin part of a duet if Ancora wishes.

Actually they're just going to stay under here for a bit.

Also valid.

". . . Are you actually sad or just . . ."

"I think they're actually sad and doing this instead of weather."

"Gosh, okay."

'I apologize for the harm I have done you.'

"It's fi - it's not, like, fine fine, but you're sorry and going to fix it, and I have magic powers and access to cool technology and fun clothes I couldn't wear other places - " she is currently in a very colorful 1890sish getup " - and steering power to affect how things go from here, and I'm generally doing pretty okay.  So that's like, mostly fine, and heading in a good direction to get the rest of the way there."

'I see.'

"Uh, that said - why did you include the thing where.  Sometimes vampires go feral."

'It was not an intended feature.  I have not yet identified the cause with much confidence.'

"Is it definitely downstream of an intended feature, or could it have been - an accident, like it was in source material but you didn't understand the source material you were drawing on well, or introduced after the fact somehow?"

'My current conjecture is that vampires deviating sufficiently from my aesthetic vision causes them to consume more magic than they supply to the system as a whole by a significant enough margin that it breaks something vital.  I am yet uncertain why that would cause this effect in particular.'

"Does drinking blood provide more magic?"

They curl up further, sweeping another insubstantial wing into existence and through the chaise to hide behind.

'Yes.'

"So that's - probably why."

'Yes.

It would be convenient if I had different aesthetics.'

"Is that something you can do? Human aesthetic tastes change over time. - 'human' here considered broadly."