At that, Devin lets out a sigh. It should probably make him feel better in some way that another person has a negative reaction to undead creatures like him.

"Reasons, multiple," he corrects. "Primary among them is that we require human blood - or approximately human, as this place has made evident - to survive. They're kept for long periods, sometimes." Here, Devin allows some of his abhorrence to be heard. "Enslavement, or Binding as it's 'officially' called, is also commonly a precursor to being turned into another vampire. There's the ego aspect, too. Vampires, especially the older and more powerful, like their entourages. It's a show of power, and occasionally humans are also used as chess pieces in their own right," he explains. "Like I said: nasty buggers."