"It's not all I can do," she says, "but it's what I'm best at." Well, it's arguably what she's best at, but she doesn't like to think of the abilities that come with her counter-affinity in such positive terms. You could say she's… adept, maybe, but even that makes it sound like the swell talent SOF sees it as and not something that… well, okay, it prolonged her life, yes, but it also made things so complicated.

"I can open locks," she offers, already reaching. Gods, she needs to cultivate more non-vampire-related magical skills. "And I've managed teleportation a few times." And she accidentally acquired a pet tree - does that count for anything? She sighs into her tea. "I… to be honest, I've spent most of my adult life trying to ignore it." And look how well that worked out for her.