[on the roof with Eric] Two thousand years is enough.
EricI can't accept this. It's insanity!
Our existence is insanity... we don't belong here.
Eric
But we are here!
It's not right. We're not right.
Eric
You taught me there was no right or wrong. Only survival or death.
I told a lie, as it turns out.
Eric
[stepping closer] I will keep you alive by force!
Even if you could, why would you be so cruel?
Eric
Godric, don't do it.
There are centuries of faith and love between us.
Eric
Please, please!... Please Godric!
Father... brother... child... Let me go.
Eric
I won't let you die alone.
Yes, you will. As your maker. I command you.
[Eric gets to his feet and walks to the stairs. Sookie reaches for him and he turns to her]
I'll stay with him. As long as it takes. [Eric leaves]
It won't take long. Not at my age.
You know it wasn't very smart. The Fellowship of Sun part.
I know. I thought it would fix everything some how. But I don't think like a vampire anymore... Do you believe in God?
If you're right, how will he punish me?
God doesn't punish. God forgives.
I don't deserve it, but I hope for it.
You will care for him? Eric.
I'm not sure. You know how he is.
I can take the blame for that too.
[smiling softly] Maybe not. Eric's pretty much himself... Are you very afraid?
[starts crying] I-I'm afraid for you.
A human with me at the end, and human tears. Two thousand years... and I can still be surprised. In this I see God.
[watches as he turns towards the sun and removes his shirt, holding his arms wide] ... Good-bye, Godric.
Eric
Why should I help you... shifter?
Because I need your help. We need it. And hopefully some day I might be able to give you something you need.
Eric
Can you give me Sookie Stackhouse?
Eric
Well that's a shame. That would be a tribute I would not soon forget.
[irate] I'm not here to give you tribute, Eric.
Eric
No, you're here to request my help based on a hypothetical future in which you return the favor... But you are known not to be to friendly towards those like me. Why should I trust you?
Because until somebody starts trusting somebody, we're all single targets just ripe for the picking.
[about children] You make me so happy I never had any o' you.
Eric
Aw, c'mon Pam, they're funny. They're like humans, but miniature. Teacup humans.
I hate them. They're so stupid.
Eric
But delicious.
Eric
[while having sex with Yvetta] So, what brings you to Fangtasia on this balmy summer night?
Bill's been kidnapped and I think you did it.
Eric
I didn't. Any other theories?
I'm still on this one, thank you very much. Where were you tonight around eleven o'clock?
Eric
Here, with Yvetta.
Doing this? For the last six hours?
Eric
You seem surprised. Is Bill's stamina not up to snuff?
Tell me where I can find Lorena. If you don't have him, she does.
Eric
Solid theory. But given the tenor of your last run-in with Ms. Krasiki, I think it's better if I dealt with her instead.
How do I know if you will?
Eric
Because if Bill was in fact kidnapped, by human or vampire, I am duty bound as sheriff of the area in which he resides to find him... even if I do want what is his.
You need to call the Queen.
Eric
The Queen is the last person I need finding out about this.
You're not the only one whose fate hangs in the balance here!
Eric
And what do you think the Queen will do if I tell her I've lost the one vampire who could link her to the dealing of vampire blood?! That I have no idea where he is?
What do you think she'll do if she finds out from someone else? Call the Queen.
Eric
There are times when I seek your counsel, Pam. Now is not one of those times.
Trouble abounds in your fair state.
Eric
Tell me.
It would seem your idyllic little home is competing to become the V capital of the world.
Can you believe it? I am so embarrassed. Naturally I told the Magister that you were the only vampire in my queendom that could be trusted with this.
Eric
Any thing I can do to be of service.
Our blood is sacred. Wasting it on anything other than procreation is blasphemy.
Eric
Desecration.
Have you noticed an uptick in users in your neck of the woods? Maybe even here in your club?
Eric
I haven't, no.
See that's surprising to me. 'Cause every other sheriff to whom I have spoken has. The amounts are so great in fact, we can only assume a vampire is responsible.
An act of self loathing so shameful that who ever is responsible should fall on his own stake.
Eric
Respectfully, Magister. I'm not sure I follow your logic.
If your average run-of-the-mill drainers were behind this, it would stand to reason said drainers would need vampires to drain; which means there would be missing vampires and plenty of them. How many vampires have gone missing in your area?
Eric
None, Magister.
So, now do you follow my logic?
Eric
I do, and I will look into the matter.
Good ... and I will expect results.
Eric
Here's what I know about werewolves. There's a reason their existence has remained merely a myth to humans for thousands of years. They're territorial, vicious, pathologically secretive.
Boy, does that sound familiar.
Eric
And here's what I know about you. You're so blinded by your obsession with Bill Compton, you're likely to run through the streets screaming werewolf bait. Alerting who ever has Bill that we're on to them or getting yourself killed.
Eric
[takes a bloody towel and wipes his bleeding nose] I'm fine.
The guards still outside?
Eric
[nods] Pam, whatever the Authority decides, I will not allow you to take any responsibility.
You didn't kill the Magister.
Eric
But politically I'm a much cleaner scapegoat. Who's easier to pin it on: a sheriff in your custody or a king that might be anywhere? If they search Russell's palace they'll find the remains of his lover.
Eric
Nothing. But he was the nearest thing to Russell Edgington's heart. He had to die.
A hundred years I've been with you. Why did you never say anything about Russell or your family?
Eric
You didn't need to know. What good would it do to share my pain with you?
You didn't need to carry it all by yourself.
Eric
I am not weak. I was a sole survivor. The burden's mine alone.
We've lived through so much for so long. It can't end this quickly...
Eric
Everything ends. Even the immortal.... If I can't go on, you must make a new vampire. It is your time to be a Maker.
[Pam breaks down into tears and kneels before Eric, crying into his chest]
[Sookie walks into Eric's office, Pam behind her.]
Eric
She always does. [he nods and Pam leaves]
What did you mean, you're "not gonna be around much longer"?
Eric
Don't pretend you care about me. This is about Bill. Deep down, you know you shouldn't trust him.
Eric
[gets up and walks to her, leaning close] Well, here's the truth. There are forces beyond even my control. If I meet the true death without having at least kissed you, Sookie Stackhouse, that would be my biggest regret.
Why does it sound like you're saying goodbye to me?
Eric
Cause I am.
[He kisses her. She resists at first, but then gives in. She breaks it off]
Okay, I get it. I'm irresistible and intoxicating, but keeping things from me does not exactly help your cause. Tell me why I shouldn't trust Bill.
[Pam walks in on them.]
Eric
What?
Blah, blah, vampire emergency, blah.
Stop. Cut. [points] That is the man we want.
Eric
What? Pam not so good?
She's fine if you happen to be blind, deaf and an idiot.
What's idiotic is that the AVI believes the public to be so naive.
I have proof. Scientific. People are far dumber than they realize.
[surprised by Eric in her bedroom while changing] What the hell! Excuse me?!
Eric
Mmm. Such a strange sensation when the reality matches what you pictured in your mind so precisely.
Is this another dream? It's been a year, how much of your blood is left in me?
Eric
It's not a dream, I assure you.
Then how are you here? I rescinded your invitation.
Eric
You don't own the house anymore. [pulls a key from his pocket] I do.
Why would you do that? Why would you buy my house?
Eric
Because I always knew you were alive, and if I own the house well then I would own you. Sookie, you are mine.
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