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Acadio continued to look at him with a certain strangeness, but after several comments about his former life and anecdotes that only the two of them could know, the atmosphere relaxed.

The real Ibero was dark-skinned, no more than five feet tall and strong, and for being more than two thousand years old, his attitude made him seem like the same impetuous brawler he was when they first met.

"So you found the secret to overcome the death of the vampire..."

"Here I am, aren't I? Although I wasn't entirely sure..."

"Did you use it without knowing if it would work?"

"I couldn't do anything else, Aca, Isbalaen and Seth prevented me from predicting anything about their move, but that is precisely what put me in check, not predicting something as strange as that meeting was in itself a warning."

"You have always been a very clever son of a bitch, but tell me, can you reply?"