Maybe I just like having someone to talk to. I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't exactly have... friends. [ and he looks genuinely saddened by this, not just because finds luceti to be a very lonely place, but because of the friends he's lost. nearly all of them. gone. dead. never coming back. he always knew that he'd outlive them -- he's immortal and humans, they get old and they die. it was the way of things, but they didn't even get a chance to grow old. it's unfair. ]

I'm not someone to be taken lightly, either.

[ shiki, you're sitting in a room with the most lethal vampire on record. the infamous scourge of europe. while angel would never take a human life unless he absolutely had to, he's not the person to be poking with sticks, especially for such petty, jealous reasons. you prod someone long enough and they're likely to bite back. just ask wolfram & hart. ]