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1、I'MTHEVAMPIRELESTAT.REMEMBERME?THEvampirewhobecameasuperrockstar,theonewhowrotetheautobiography?Theonewiththeblondhairandthegrayeyes,andtheinsatiabledesireforvisibilityandfame?Youremember.Iwantedtobeasymbolofevilinashiningcenturythatdidn'thaveanyplacefortheliteralevilthatIam.IevenfiguredI'
2、ddosomegoodinthatfashion-playingthedevilonthepaintedstage.AndIwasofftoagoodstartwhenwetalkedlast.I'djustmademydebutinSanFrancisco-first"liveconcert"formeandmymortalband.Ouralbumwasahugesuccess.Myautobiographywasdoingrespectablywithboththedeadandtheundead.Thensomethingutterlyunforeseentookp
3、lace.Well,atleastIhadn'tseenitcoming.AndwhenIleftyou,Iwashangingfromtheproverbialcliff,youmightsay.Well,it'sallovernow-whatfollowed.I'vesurvived,obviously.Iwouldn'tbetalkingtoyouifIhadn't.Andthecosmicdusthasfinallysettled;andthesmallriftintheworld'sfabricofrationalbeliefshasbeenmended,orat
4、leastclosed.I'malittlesadderforallofit,andalittlemeanerandalittlemoreconscientiousaswell.I'malsoinfinitelymorepowerful,thoughthehumaninmeisclosertothesurfacethanever-ananguishedandhungrybeingwhobothlovesanddeteststhisinvincibleimmortalshellinwhichI'mlocked.Thebloodthirst?Insatiable,thoughp
5、hysicallyIhaveneverneededthebloodless.PossiblyIcouldexistnowwithoutitaltogether.ButthelustIfeelforeverythingthatwalkstellsmethatthiswillneverbeputtothetest.Youknow,itwasnevermerelytheneedforthebloodanyway,thoughthebloodisallthingssensualthatacreaturecoulddesire;it'stheintimacyofthatmoment-
6、drinking,killing-thegreatheart-to-heartdancethattakesplaceasthevictimweakensandIfeelmyselfexpanding,swallowingthedeathwhich,forasplitsecond,blazesaslargeasthelife.That'sdeceptive,however.Nodeathcanbeaslargeasalife.Andthat'swhyIkeeptakinglife,isn'tit?AndI'masfarfromsalvationnowasIcouldeverg
7、et.ThefactthatIknowitonlymakesitworse.OfcourseIcanstillpassforhuman;allofuscan,inonewayoranother,nomatterhowoldweare.Collarup,hatdown,darkglasses,handsinpockets-itusuallydoesthetrick.Ilikeslimleatherjacketsandtightjeansforthisdisguisenow,andapairofplainblackbo
