Beatrix wondered why they didn't just kill the boy, if Dracula was so dangerous to have around. She didn't dare speak her thoughts aloud though, most of the room already found her heartless enough. Trixy also wondered why the Kingstons feared Dracula so much. They were a vampire clan so full of self-loathing, you'd figure they'd worship a vampire who ate and killed it's own kith and kin. Perhaps they didn't hate their undead predatory life as much as they let on. Beatrix finally spoke, "Become human once more? And just how does one go about that, Praetor?" Was there some secret cure that no one but Praetor knew about, or was he just spouting off useless impossible solutions to the problem.