[after Malcolm and his gang have left] I'm sorry you had to witness that. Your visit was unexpected.
Hepatitis D is the only blood born pathogen to which we are susceptible. Malcolm must be furious.
A mutation. Relatively harmless to humans, oddly enough.
I've never even heard of it.
That's because we've kept it out of the media.
And it makes you sick for a year?
No. It just makes us weak for about a month or so. The biggest danger to us from Hep-D is being captured and staked during that time.
Yeah. You don't want your weaknesses to be public knowledge.
And what the hell did you mean, "Sookie is mine"?
I was communicating to the others that you are my human and therefore I was the only one who can feed on you.
You most certainly cannot feed on me!
Well of course I can't, Sookie. But had they known that, they'd've considered you fair game and I wouldn't have been able to stop them from attacking you. It would be three against one, and Malcolm is much older than I am and quite strong.
And... you and Diane dated?
We had sex once, just after she was made vampire back in the late 1930's.
What? Gross. Bill, she's so... they-they're all so mean, so ...
Evil. Yes, they are. They share a nest and when vampires live in nests, they become more cruel, more ... vicious. They become laws unto themselves. Whereas vampires such as I, who live alone, are much more likely to hang on to some semblance of our former humanity.
[just getting home and seeing him suddenly] God damn it Bill! How many times do I have to tell you, do not do that!
I'm sorry. It wasn't intentional. I just got here. I wanted to make sure that you were safe.
Why can't I hear your thoughts? Do you even have any thoughts?
Oh, I have thoughts... many life times of thoughts.
So why can't I hear them?
I don't know. Perhaps it's 'cause I don't have brain waves.
No, you're not! You're standing here, talking to me.
I think we need to stop seeing each other.
Because you don't breathe. You don't have any electrical whatever it is. Your friends would like nothing more than to rip my throat out and because vampires killed that preacher from the fellowship of the sun church and his wife and baby! You look me in the eye and tell me they didn't do it?
Human have killed millions upon millions in senseless wars. I do not hold you responsible for that.
Bill, night before last I had to bury my bloody clothes because I didn't want my grandmother to find out I was almost killed, and tonight I was almost killed again! Why on earth would I continue seeing you?
Because you will never find a human man you can be yourself with.
[in her dream] Sookie, don't ever sneak up on a vampire. What are you doing here?
All right, here's the deal... and this is a little embarrassing. I've never been with a man intimately, for all the reasons I told you about. But... I feel things when I'm with you that make me think and... I know this could be a huge mistake, one I will regret forever, but it feels like you're the one that I'm supposed to, you know... do it with. And... I'm really nervous about that... and frankly I'm scared to death of you. So can we just get it out of the way already so I can relax and get a good night's sleep?
[Bill draws close to kiss her]
Just... just don't bite me, okay?
MMalcolm
[letting Bill in] Well look. It's everyone's favorite buzz kill.
LLiam
[offers him blood] Yo mister mainstream. Thirsty?
DDiane
Hungry for something else? I remember you having a very sizable... appetite.
The three of you will stay away from me and Sookie from now on.
MMalcolm
I'm your elder. You have no authority here.
There are higher authorities.
MMalcolm
I'm not afraid of Eric.
MMalcolm
Well then she can speak to me.
DDiane
She can suck on sunlight for all I care.
You know, you are doing nothing to help our cause.
DDiane
Not everyone wants to dress up and play human, Bill.
LLiam
Yeah. Not everyone wants to live off that Japanese shit they call blood, either. As if we could.
We have to moderate our behavior now that we are out in the open.
MMalcolm
Not everybody thinks it was such a great idea, and not everybody intends to toe the party line. [leans forward] Honey, if we can't kill people, what's the point of being a vampire?
