I am astonished. You say you were friends, and he didn't even have to pay you? No coercion? No magic?

[ She did love to poke fun at the vampire, and why not? He was even more jaded, cynical and sarcastic than herself, and that was a commitment she could respect. It also said something of those he chose to spend time with, like this woman. ]

I am Shadowheart, we had traveled together in Faerûn, before I found myself here.