“All things are born but do not die. Eden grew ever more bloated, so God created death and suspended it in the skies. God, being the Lord of Lords, holds dominion over the origin of life. Jonah is dusk incarnate, overseeing the decay of all living things. But Kuba, discontented, was exiled by God. To escape death, Kuba embraced immortality and hid from the sun.” Norton picked up a pen, crossed out Kuba’s name from the Covenant, and wrote in his own. Kuba was the progenitor of vampires? Well, once I killed the vampire progenitor— Then I, Norton, am the vampire progenitor now!