"Kiddo, this place redefines my conception of impossible and normal on a weekly basis. I really have no idea. Maybe you've caught some kind of virus. We should probably take you to the doctor when they open, just to be sure." Not that I think a doctor can help. I mean, what do I say? Help, my teenage ward is craving blood? I can think of any number of illnesses and viruses that cause cravings of all kinds, but with the sensory overload she's having I don't know if they'd apply.

And then there's the whole magic thing. Is this a side effect of some kind, something she's done, some spell gone awry? "In the meantime, I'd say head to the kitchen and take whatever you think you need. I'm going to get on the computer and see if there's anything I can find, okay?"

Research, that I can do. I don't know it's going to do any good, I'm pretty sure most of my searches are going to come up vampire, but it's something, right?