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[ she laughs -- soft, genuine, at the zombie crack. shakes her head ] I've seen zombies. They're just dead. And totally mindless. Vampires in my world are just as smart as they were when they were alive -- only without the whole... moral compass.
They can force someone to drink the blood -- just pour it into their mouths while they're weak from almost being dead. But usually, they don't. Usually it's a -- choice. A vampire offers to sire you, and you accept. You're probably too stupid to know it won't really be you walking around with superpowers, but you accept, and you drink their blood willingly.