Diversions

We miss a lot of human rites of passage.

High school, for instance. We don't understand high school references, because we have no experience on which to draw. We can fake it, of course. But we don't really know what we're talking about, aside from shows like Beverly Hills 90210 (don't judge) or Friday Night Lights. Considering that we know how little television accurately reflects real life, we know that's not the best source of knowledge.

We do, however, have a lot of spare time on our hands.

Gabriel and Nicholas like to play games with people. They most recently invented a challenge where they find a policeman, and they bet each other who can get his gun away first.

Michael likes to track. He used to follow people, see whom they met, their interests, their problems. Since he gave up on humans, he does the same with animals. He'll track for hours. He can spend an entire night following one animal before feeding.

I like to understand mysterious people. Not necessarily the stereotypical mysterious people who might dress in black and skulk around. Mysterious in that I can't figure out their actions. This happens often. As I've said, we can manage the human facade quite well. People don't typically "make" us for vampires. But unlike my brothers, I like to understand the reasoning behind the actions.

Today I'm puzzled as to why high school students were clustered on the corner of Light and Pratt, heckling workers as they headed home. The students were dressed in all black, ripped clothes, the common rebellious attire common in teenagers, but well spoken. They acted like hoodlums, flicking cigarettes, cursing, and shoving.

I only watched them for an hour, but I'm still confused by the spectacle.

We don't generally approach children, but if they're there tomorrow, I might have to make an exception.

I'm curious.