Of course he knows who that is, how could he not? But lacking in details, what he hears makes little sense. It's clearly distressing for the child, but 'goodbye' could simply mean moving away or something similar, alongside the more permanent ends his mind drifts to.
"I am sorry you are distressed," the vampire says eventually, looking somewhat perplexed, "But very little of what you have just said has any sense to me. If you could try again, but assume I am the stranger I am, with no understanding of what distresses you so."
Because he is. Aside from linking his dear friend to it...
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Of course he knows who that is, how could he not? But lacking in details, what he hears makes little sense. It's clearly distressing for the child, but 'goodbye' could simply mean moving away or something similar, alongside the more permanent ends his mind drifts to.
"I am sorry you are distressed," the vampire says eventually, looking somewhat perplexed, "But very little of what you have just said has any sense to me. If you could try again, but assume I am the stranger I am, with no understanding of what distresses you so."
Because he is. Aside from linking his dear friend to it...
"Can you do that, for me?"