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[wantingmore]

Yes?

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[deathoftheauthor]

And you deserve that.

( louis means it completely, even if he knows that he wants exactly the opposite now. )

You deserve this chance at independence, however it happened.

[wantingmore]

[There isn't much else to say on the matter, so Claudia, after a consideration, decides on something else.]

One more thing: I haven't generally been disclosing that I am vampire, unless it proves to be necessary or I consider the individual trustworthy. Just thought you should know.

[deathoftheauthor]

Ah... Yes, of course. That is your secret to share.

( a soft, musing sound. )

Have you chosen a last name for yourself?

[wantingmore]

[It's an unexpected question, and Claudia answers with clear surprise.]

Truthfully, I haven't thought of it. I always saw myself as never knowing it.

[Unspoken, of course, is the fact that de Lioncourt seems like a taboo thing to call or consider herself.]

That I would always simply be Claudia, nothing more.

[Belonging to no one. With no one. Equal parts rejecting of a family and being barred from it.]

[deathoftheauthor]

Perhaps it is a peculiar concern... unnecessary for our kind. I lost all ties to my own mortal family long ago, and yet the name remains.

I wonder if now might be the time for you to choose something intentional, even if it is entirely for show.