Arik saw as the slight red marks his nails made faded away. It was almost as quick as he made them, and they simply seemed to heal. Jake felt a nice sensation along his nerves. The nails were sharp, but they revealed a large amount of stress. It was almost like massage. Jake wondered how important a non sexual physical relationship could be. He didn't need, or want, twenty-four hour cuddling, but this was admittedly nice. He could get used to laying with Arik on a couch, petting one another. Jake thought of what it might be like in Arik's cat form.
He listened as Arik said what he knew, happy their was a basic knowledge but noting a few bits of misinformation. "Decapitation will do it too," he added to the list of things that can kill vampires. Also fire, and if the head trauma is total, that can be as good as decapitation." These first details were deadly, but important for Arik to know. Vampires were tough, but not invulnerable. He thought to add something. "Stakes are a myth though. Big rookie mistake to come at us with arrows or pieces of sharp wood."
For body fluids, he added saliva and tears as the other noticeable two, but Jake wasn't sure if things like joint fluid or endorphins were still made. Was that the blood, mimicking those effects? He didn't tell this to Arik. Jake smiled as Arik kissed his spine, scooting his but back a little. He kept the pace of the nails lazy. Jake nodded as Arik described feeding, but did seek to correct a misnomer. "You are correct that if we're in control of ourselves, we can feed without killing pretty easy. The hungrier we get, or the less in control of our impulses we are, the more likely that someone get's hurt. The first few weeks of our time together will be making sure you don't kill someone."
These were hard facts, but nothing about Arik suggested he was intimidated by a challenge. "Killing is easy as a vampire. It's harder not to." Jake found the scorn for vampire movies adorable, but didn't have the heart to tell Arik he secretly loved shitty vampire flicks. "Vampires are strong, and fast, but not more than anything. A Dark Angel is much stronger than me at this point. Our greatest advantage is age. When you are as old as the vampire Charon, you really are stronger than anything."
He nodded to excellent senses, providing a verbal "mmmhmm" before listening to the next fact. Jake confirmed mind control, telling Arik they'd be practicing even before he was sired. The other facts he confirmed, finding nothing work correcting at this point. Jake considered that Arik knew the biological facts of being a vampire enough, but asked if he had any more questions before moving on to all the clan talk.
"Realize this one is more of a long shot, but you wouldn't happen to know any vampire history would you?"
He assumed not, but didn't want this to turn into "the more you know" unless it had to.