just old and tired and maybe a little sad . i had to get blue away from there . they were so sharp that they sank easily into the skin , and the vampires blood flowed out into her mouth . the voice was gruff and sharp . apparently he 's just happy to have a captive audience . `` surely they must have investigated the truth of dragons if they had to fight them ? '' he needed it , for he was n't what one would call an athletic man . hes never said anything about them . 