"After a story like that you can have as many as you want," he replied with a wry smile, already moving to fix her another drink. Even if she got staggeringly drunk he'd make sure she'd get home okay. Hrm. Must be getting soft in my old age, he thought.
He thought about her question for a moment. How much did he want to divulge? "For a long time I didn't much mind being alone." But then there was Nora, and his progeny Pam. While he never had a sexual relationship with Pam, he loved her fiercely. And then there was Sookie. Where did he even begin with Sookie?
And Godric. To this day he couldn't think of Godric without falling into despair, so he quickly moved the conversation along.
"But I suppose with age I've learned a few things. I've learned that for humans that life is fleeting and vampires... well, we live a very long time and clinging to any relationship is what helps us... maintain some sense of humanity. Otherwise we're just monsters in the end." Jesus, where did that come from?