[What is this man? Jonathan has enough poise and manners not to stare in fascinated horror at the creature beside him, but whatever he is, it isn't human. Jonathan simply raises his brows, looking over at the other man and trying to sort out what he is, running through the notes in his mental stores that he's found on Ekons and other vampires. He must be something altogether. He doesn't smell like a corpse, per se.]

I suppose so. But look at all we poor and helpless Submissives. Surely we're lowering the prestige of the room simply by being here.

[He's not often overly sarcastic, but there are moments. Jonathan shakes his head, then offers his hand to the other man.] Dr. Jonathan Reid. I should not complain for the luxury after being afforded so little in my time here, but it is difficult to be grateful for such affairs when this entire society seems so very arbitrary. If they wished to lift people up, why not simply make everyone a Dominant, able to decided his own fate.