Lillith patted him on the head and said, "Be good, pet. I'll be right back." Then she merrily skipped back toward town, her vampiric nature preventing the motion from being anything other than astoundingly graceful.

Carver waited until she was gone before stopping his charade and returning to Lock. "I [i]did[/i] have a message for you from Shock, but if you [i]want[/i] me to not say anything and pretend I did -- which she'd [i]happily[/i] believe me over you, at the moment -- then by all means, [i]please[/i] keep taunting me about the stupid shortcomings my dear old dad included in this body I [i]didn't[/i] ask for. [i]Pet[/i]," he added condescendingly.