Yeah, I was too obscure on the second part... and this is after I realized I was relying on people to read my mind and added in a couple lines of clarification. *sigh*
Basically Arthur is hinting at Anita's ability to extend her power over the dead from zombies to vampires. (I assume there must be rumors to that effect, even if Jean-Claude was able to keep people from blabbing the actual details of the time she accidentally raised vampires from their sleep during the day.) The implication is that if Arthur is disarmed, he might be forced to try a similar trick. Asher has, IIRC, canonically expressed worry about Anita's power over vampires -- I think it's why he doesn't want to drink her blood during Blue Moon -- so based on that plus the point that completely disarming Arthur makes Jean-Claude look weak, he decides it's less trouble to let Arthur keep his knives.
I don't know if Arthur actually can influence vampires the way Anita can, but at this moment it's a useful bluff. :-) Anyway, I will rewrite that in the final version of the chapter!
Neither Anita nor Richard is likely to notice, but Jean-Claude is significantly less caught up in his own issues and also much more sensitive to potential threats to his power. I don't know exactly when he'll catch on, but I'm pretty sure he'll figure it out before anyone else does.
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Date: 2011-08-21 03:10 am (UTC)Basically Arthur is hinting at Anita's ability to extend her power over the dead from zombies to vampires. (I assume there must be rumors to that effect, even if Jean-Claude was able to keep people from blabbing the actual details of the time she accidentally raised vampires from their sleep during the day.) The implication is that if Arthur is disarmed, he might be forced to try a similar trick. Asher has, IIRC, canonically expressed worry about Anita's power over vampires -- I think it's why he doesn't want to drink her blood during Blue Moon -- so based on that plus the point that completely disarming Arthur makes Jean-Claude look weak, he decides it's less trouble to let Arthur keep his knives.
I don't know if Arthur actually can influence vampires the way Anita can, but at this moment it's a useful bluff. :-) Anyway, I will rewrite that in the final version of the chapter!
Neither Anita nor Richard is likely to notice, but Jean-Claude is significantly less caught up in his own issues and also much more sensitive to potential threats to his power. I don't know exactly when he'll catch on, but I'm pretty sure he'll figure it out before anyone else does.