Eric nodded, unsure if she would really be okay with what he was about to tell her, though it did sound as if she'd seen much since arriving in the city.
["I, too, have faced my own death. As I stand before you now, I am no longer living. I am a creature that survives on the blood of others, a vampire. I have lived all of these years that separate our time from this time."]
Eric waited for her reaction, anticipating fear and disgust, not letting go of her arm, but carefully not trapping her with it, either. If she wanted to pull away, she could.