I don't practice magic. [Though some of the genetic abilities of vampires might seem like magic to people.] The things I want back I might not receive.

[Sometimes, you're too OP, and the setting says no. But he is not happy standing so close to a cyclic death.

The true frustration of being "dislike my supposed father's attempt to make me a successful godlike creature" and "really annoyed I'm lacking my vampiric cheats."]

But it seemed better to be tethered to one in the long run, as long as the discord doesn't grow unmanageable.