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Let me get this straight: you've had this journal thing for how long? Then you reread the book (and don't get me wrong, as many times as I've reread The Forbidden Chalice, I'm not throwing stones from glass houses here), decide to find a "PB" for me and... what?

What's your long-term plan, here? Pull me out of New Arcadia, out of Charlie's, out of my bakery, to send me somewhere else? Because baking cinnamon rolls and Bitter Chocolate Death is such a sought-after skill. I got tired of my life once already, and we both know how that turned out.

[Sunshine's in full on bitch mode now.]

At least think before sending me someplace without sunlight. Carthaginian hell, I'd be worse than useless. I'd give it a week before I was sick.

And I'm not interested in "meeting vampires from other worlds", okay? The ones in my world are bad enough, and Con is... Con. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, is all I'm saying.

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Being able to cook is a more sought after skill than you'd think. [Considering how often his sister had accidentally poisoned him with her attempts, it's one Alec wishes he had.]

Why would you want to meet a vampire? Are you like those mundanes that read those Twilight books?

As long as it doesn't have meat in it. [ Because nnnnnope.]

I don't want to meet any more vampires, that's the point. I've had my fill. I'd rather stick to novels. [She narrows her eyes a little.] Is Twilight that stupid one my mun told me about where they can go out in daylight, sparkle, and drink animal blood?

As long as it's edible, it'd be appreciated in my family.

I feel the same way about most of them. Some aren't that bad. [There's still a hint of old prejudice and some resentment thanks to his dealings with Camille.] Those are the books. I haven't read them but my friends have told me about them. Probably most vampires can drink animal blood. The rest... going out in daylight is rare and I've never seen one sparkle unless they were wearing glitter.

[She sort of glances at him like he's grown another head. The only sucker she's met who hasn't just tried to kill her on sight is Con, and Con is...special, somehow.]

You do know the whole bit about bursting into flames at the touch of sunlight, right?

[Strange looks are something he's used to so it doesn't bother him, or he pretends it doesn't.]

It takes longer than that with the ones I've met, but I know of some that aren't harmed by sunlight. It's rare, but it's possible.

Are you honestly saying you come from a world where some suckers can go out in daylight? Without - help?

[Because that would be one scary-ass world.]

Depends on what you mean by help. He's the only one that we know of that can. He can walk around in sunlight like a mundane but still needs blood to survive.

[Before he'd met Clary and Simon, he probably would have considered it possible, thinking vampires were some of the worst kinds of Downworlders, but Simon had changed his perceptions of the world.]

He's a good guy. Being turned didn't change who he is. In your world, there aren't Accords to keep the vampires in line? [... or Shadowhunters it seemed.]

Accords? Would you make a deal with a cow? [Because she's pretty sure that's how (most?) vampires in her world seem to view humanity - as cattle.]

Every few years, the Global Council makes a show of offering suckers an unlimited supply of pigs' blood and lifting some of the legal restrictions against them if they promise not to eat people anymore. But I don't think they care much.

They didn't make the deal with the mundanes. They made them with the Nephilim. [Remembering that he's basically talking to a mundane, he realizes he'll have to explain.] Nephilim protect the world from beings like vampires who hurt others. If they take blood from the unwilling then they will be dealt with.

In my reality, most mundanes don't know that Downworlders exist and we try to make sure that they never do. In yours they know about them?

So what you're saying is, your world has some super-special god-like beings there to protect the squishy little humans from the darkest Others?

[Because that sounds like a nice, cushy world to be from, from where she's sitting.]

And yeah, you'd have to be an idiot not to know about them. Fastest way to get killed by one is to not believe in them.

[A hint of the Nephilim arrogance that he was less prone to after dating Magnus creeps into his voice.]

We're not godlike. More angel-like. Part angel, part human. We protect our world from demons mostly, but if vampires or other Downworlders decide to prey on others, we deal with them.

Most people in my world don't know that Downworlders exist. If they see past the glamours, they think it's their imagination. There's always a 'logical' explanation instead of Dracula's sitting next to you in a diner.

[She waves that off, somewhat annoyed.] Angels are just another kind of Other.

And I've only seen one vampire manage to pass, and I'm not sure how he did it. I think it might've had something to do with me. Otherwise, you can pretty much spot them from a mile away. Well, assuming they slow down long enough for a human to see.

I guess I could be called 'Other'. [It isn't something he liked but in her reality it probably is true.]

Being able to make a vampire immune to sunlight would make you 'Other' in my world. You'd be a Warlock or a member of the Fae. Since you don't seem to have a warlock mark, I'd assume Fae.

Vampires in my reality can't just... show off like that. If they outed themselves every Downworlder race would come after them along with the Nephilm.

Sounds like a pretty cushy world you got, there.

[Taking a quiet breath, he tries not to think of what he's lost in that 'cushy' world.] Unless you're the ones fighting the demons.

We made the world the way it was. We asked for help and we were given it. It was centuries ago but it can happen again. It might be possible in your reality.

[Vague snort.] Whatever you're talking about, it's not happening. Where I come from? There's no higher power. There's no one to ask for help but ourselves.

Bitter Chocolate Death? What on earth is that? [Tessa's eyes widen and she bites the inside of her lower lip.] You're a Vampire?

It's one of my signature desserts. A Sunshine original.

[That last question actually gets a derisive snort from her - because it's just so absurd.]

Do I look like the walking undead to you? Or do suckers do a lot of baking where you're from?

Is it worth dying over? [It must be quite a dessert!

Hey, Downworlders come in all shapes and sizes. She didn't think Sunshine looked like a Vampire, but -]

I've known Vampires to hold a number of occupations. One has to earn income.

Guess it depends on how much you like chocolate.

[Rae really likes chocolate, though she still can't quite manage to eat a whole pan of Bitter Chocolate Death.]

They... don't where I come from, I guess. [Though supposedly they control something like one-fifth of the global economy.] I guess if you, uh, exist long enough, the wealth just kind of starts piling up.

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