#he'd never admit it but his reluctance to turn uli would have lowkey selfish motivations. he just likes his blood the best

[weepylucifer]

vampire hunting is just one more job they make the RCM do lol. since they're already spread thin that probably means in practice no vampires really get hunted except for the especially weak or unlucky ones. like, say harry was out there running himself into the ground trying to rid the streets of vampires bc dora put a flea in his ear abt protecting girls like her from the ravening undead six years ago, yet vampires continue to flourish

steban might primarily be more worried abt the anti-communist nature of vampirism (leeching off of the people! like a bourgeois! horrifying!!) than any religious consideration, and might therefore, after overcoming the initial reluctance, be more motivated to just keep drinking from uli since he's already offering. but eventually he will have to think about the long-term future...

i am so sure ulixes would love to be turned into a vampire and have to drink steban's blood to survive. like, hell yeah, finally an excuse to drink steban's blood. and ofc steban would offer his blood voluntarily, of course his comrade can take as much as he wants without outright killing him, and obviously he'd get off to it all. the sheer camaraderie and mutual devotion? the voluntary martyrdom? being so so loved and needed? the pain of being bitten just by itself? yes excellent

but as a rule i never give ulixes what he wants, i cannot help this, so i'd probably write it the other way around and make steban the vampire 🤷