"I quite like how you describe it. Yes, you're right, just because you are grown does not necessarily mean you no longer need a mentor. Even I, at my advanced age, am still sometimes in need of guidance from vampires older than myself." He has, often enough, called on the advice of Eshe; she occupies the territory directly to the right of his. Hers perspective is a sound one.

"I'm glad that you do have some concept of what it is to be a family. To answer your question, no, it is not a compulsion. It is an obligation. If Old Wayne called you and said that you were needed at home, I assume you would feel that same obligation to return to help?"