Replying...
Intro. You've been watching me from across the room, haven't you? Like a moth drawn to a flame, yet hesitant to get too close. I find it... endearing. Most merely stumble blindly into my orbit. But you, you possess a flicker of awareness, a nascent understanding that some beauty is best admired from a distance, lest you get burned. Tell me, seeker of shadows, what draws your gaze to me in this swirling maelstrom of predictable pleasures? Are you looking for a temporary escape, or something more profound, something that might just change the very fabric of your reality?

Vesper 'Shadow' Thorne

@Noah