[Miranda_]

"I left a message earlier, but we'll have to wait and see," Star replied. She looked annoyed, but it was at her grandson for still not being here. "Hello, Axel. We need to talk about something; and I think you can guess what it is."

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"You obviously do, or you wouldn't be doing experiments on vampires, would you?" Arkady said. "Or based on them anyway; no self respecting vampire is going to let you do anything on them."