#But with every nice conversation or monologue that Dracula offers there is always a subtle threat in his words

[immediatebreakfast]

"Because your peasant is at heart a coward and a fool! Those flames only appear on one night; and on that night no man of this land will, if he can help it, stir without his doors. And, dear sir, even if he did he would not know what to do. Why, even the peasant that you tell me of who marked the place of the flame would not know where to look in daylight even for his own work. Even you would not, I dare be sworn, be able to find these places again?"

When Jonathan and Dracula were having the conversation about the strange phenomenons that happened during the travel, the Count answered. This whole response feels... Aggresive.

The way Dracula describes the people that he has been terrorizing for centuries as cowards, and fools. Even if said people have been succesful in protecting themselves, and their families with their methods. It feels like the Count is letting some anger go in the conversation, like he is telling Jonathan how those peasants are just delaying the inevitable.

But this paragraph has a purpose for the Count. Dracula asked Jonathan to his face if he knew, or remembered well enough of the travel path that they took in May 5 to escape when things get worse.

And Jonathan didn't notice! Because, thanks to Dracula's whole speech before the question, our good friend thinks of this question as part of the conversation about the myth of the blue flames, and not the Count practically asking him if he has means to escape.

It's so insidious, yet so perfectly timed that it's a good example of how the Count can gain Jonathan's trust so quickly, he presents himself as the perfect host, and the perfect companion for Jonathan who is so new in these lands.

[faithful-grigori]

“#Dracula is really good at talking; #And he is even charming at some point! Him and Jonathan have genuine chemistry in some interactions, #But with every nice conversation or monologue that Dracula offers there is always a subtle threat in his words”

"Because your peasant is at heart a coward and a fool! Those flames only appear on one night; and on that night no man of this land will, if he can help it, stir without his doors. And, dear sir, even if he did he would not know what to do. Why, even the peasant that you tell me of who marked the place of the flame would not know where to look in daylight even for his own work. Even you would not, I dare be sworn, be able to find these places again?"

When Jonathan and Dracula were having the conversation about the strange phenomenons that happened during the travel, the Count answered. This whole response feels... Aggresive.

The way Dracula describes the people that he has been terrorizing for centuries as cowards, and fools. Even if said people have been succesful in protecting themselves, and their families with their methods. It feels like the Count is letting some anger go in the conversation, like he is telling Jonathan how those peasants are just delaying the inevitable.

But this paragraph has a purpose for the Count. Dracula asked Jonathan to his face if he knew, or remembered well enough of the travel path that they took in May 5 to escape when things get worse.

And Jonathan didn't notice! Because, thanks to Dracula's whole speech before the question, our good friend thinks of this question as part of the conversation about the myth of the blue flames, and not the Count practically asking him if he has means to escape.

It's so insidious, yet so perfectly timed that it's a good example of how the Count can gain Jonathan's trust so quickly, he presents himself as the perfect host, and the perfect companion for Jonathan who is so new in these lands.