I brought him synthetic blood once but I never thought it had anything to do with what you just told me. [ Rose says, finishing the tea. ] But I understand the urge to want to feed off someone, I feel it almost every day. I've relied on bagged blood and the kind that's found in some of the bars here.
[ She loads the tea and cake onto a tray, picks it up and then heads back into the living room again to set it down on the coffee table. Her attention falls on Helen again. ]
Do you remember that time when a lot of people were acting strange? Around day 213 I think. I was so close to hurting someone then and it terrified me; whatever was in the air brought out all those dark urges that I've suppressed for quite some time.