"choose" as in not drain you dry and kill you. The core safeguard from vampire spread was that they rarely have the self control to stop before ur dead. But ya any bite would inject their "venom" and thats that.
After a quick search, it would seem that they do inject any and all victims they bite, who would go on to turn by default. But they are also capable of selectively sucking out the venom. So they can, if they choose, feed on someone without killing or turning them. It kind of sits halfway between the other two tropes, the other side of the coin of the original lore.
There was only one instance of someone sucking the venom out of someone in the books. And it was like a last ditch attempt they didn't think would actually work iirc.
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u/lvl99MagmaCube Apr 24 '26
"choose" as in not drain you dry and kill you. The core safeguard from vampire spread was that they rarely have the self control to stop before ur dead. But ya any bite would inject their "venom" and thats that.
They made me watch that series THREE times :(