I prefer my vampire novels to explore the interesting field of a human mind with immortality paired with the fact of needing to end other human life prematurely to maintain it. This is the only kind of vampirism that involves any existential themes, so far as I've found.
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The phrase "we (I) (you) simply must---" designates something that need not be done. "That goes without saying" is a red warning. "Of course" means you had best check it yourself. These small-change cliches and others like them, when read correctly, are reliable channel markers.
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