Do you? Know?

[ Her smile is wry. ]

...So many claim they already know how this city operates, just because we have heard of a few similar occurrences. Everything is still an estimation. So much yet to discover. All we do know is that they are stronger than us, and they will determine what what is 'good', what we are permitted to do. Not so different from other cities, only in this case there is no way for even the most powerful to counter and defend themselves or their cause. Judgement is enacted by a nameless creature.

[ She leans onto her palm, elbow propped on her knee while she considers what that will mean for the future. ]

My action was taken in defense.

[ She has left known of vampires in the City already. She hasn't gone to attack them based simply on that. ]

Someone I care for was assaulted. A boy, too gentle to even speak poorly of another, and the only reason he was not killed is because he managed to break free of the bewitchment. So I convinced the attacker to refrain from ever taking such action against anyone again.