"So what's your history? You and her," Nicolaus inquired as he pulled at the damp grass underneath him. "Why are you set on killing her? She seems like a decent person..."
"So did you," Carmilla muttered.
"I've already apologized for that. How long are you going to hold it over my head?"
"Until you understand what you've done," Carmilla hissed. "You took my only escape route. I could've been dead by now. I could've killed myself and reunited with my parents on the other side if it weren't for you forcing my transformation into a monster. But no, I'm stuck here, an orphan, alone, with you, and no way out because I don't know how to kill... whatever we are."
"And that's why you want to kill this... Laura?"
"No. I want to kill her because she killed me," Carmilla explained. "She's the one who took my parents."
"Mircalla—"
"Don't call me that," she miserably grumbled. "That's not who I am anymore."
"Carmilla," he tried again. "There's one last thing I must tell you."
Carmilla stared at him impatiently.
"Humans have souls. Souls that, when they pass, get reincarnated into another being."
"And?"
"Well... We don't."
"So what're you saying?"
"You can die, but if you die now, there won't be another side for you—because you have no soul and therefore no potential for reincarnation. And as a vampire, a soulless creature, you have the ability to recognize the souls with which you've previously come into contact—when you were a vampire. And as for your parents... they're somewhere on this earth with completely new identities. They won't even remember you," he informed her. "But my point is... You can kill Laura, but she'll just come back."
"So what you're telling me is that my parents' souls are somewhere out there and I'd never be able to find them because I didn't encounter them during my time as a vampire and even if I did happen to find them, they wouldn't remember me."
"Yes."
"And that my only outlet for all of this, killing Laura, isn't even permanent. She'll just keep reappearing no matter what I do."
"Correct."
"Wow... I didn't think this was possible, but... I hate you even more now," Carmilla grouched.
