[So Merida met her as Aly Red-Hand not Alyosha, the former lady of Redgate. Best to keep some things quiet for the moment, but he still thinks he is safe telling her the thing he really needs to.]

If you didn't realize when you were talking to her, she is a vampire and part of that nature...it's slipping into me. I guess that is what happens when you bond with someone like that. Sometimes when I get really emotional...well...let me see if I can trigger it....

[Diarmuid shuts his eyes for a moment and draws forward the anger and frustration he feels about this whole war and those who have been hurt because of it. When he opens his eyes again, they are slitted like a snakes and he smiles just enough to reveal his has fangs now as well.]