"How can you be killed? If you don't mind my asking, of course. Moroi can be killed as easily as any human. Strigoi are killed with a silver stake through the heart, decapitation, or fire." There were so many different types of vampires here that sometimes they were hard to keep track of. As far as she knew the strigoi were the only vampires killed with a silver stake, but the other two forms were pretty universal.
Lissa smiled and shook her head right back at him. "No, I think it's very strong. We all have our moments when we slip for whatever reason, but you're trying, Jasper. People discount a sincere decision to change sometimes, but it's one of the purest tests of our will." There were times that Lissa slipped and let the spirit get the better of her. Turning on her fellow students when she found out what they were doing to the younger students and having them believe they were being tortured was not one of her finest moments.
"I sometimes wonder if the prison is the best place for myself and my friends. It's much better now, but sometimes it can be very.. intense I suppose is a good word. We're not like the other vampires there and we don't fit in with the humans either. I do enjoy most of my time there though, so we're content to stay."