Some Kindred claim that Disciplines are gifts from Caine, or No vampire knows exactly whence Disciplines originate.

Them as well, are truly beings to be feared. Who have not only learned several Disciplines but mastered WithДisciplines, a vampire can display the strength of 10 men, bendДЄnother being to her will, or transform into an animal. Mortals, providing vast physical and spiritual might. Me, I start counting.ДЄll vampires possess Disciplines, supernatural powers I used to be a good Catholic, so I'm gonna give you a few seconds to make some kind of confession, then I'm going to stick my finger through your left eye and put you out of your misery. The gut wound's going to kill you, even if you don't bleed to death. He was shivering with shock already, as I feared. So I shook the crud off my hand and leaned in close to his face. It was coated in equal parts blood and whatever crap he'd had for lunch, and that put me off the idea of feeding from him before he croaked. He dropped then, with a wet sucking noise as my fist came out. It took me one swipe to knock the gun out of his hand, another to bury my fist inside the gut, and his face took on that 'O' expression that I've seen on so many gutshot soldiers. I came over his cover - a rusted-out Chevy Impala - while he was turning to run and after that, it was easy. I am very happy to say that his attitude changed immediately, at least for the next 10 or 15 seconds. He'd mouthed off and waved the gun around, and when I called him on his attitude he laughed and put a couple of caps in me. He was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans with a big wet stain along one leg, and he'd been toting the gun around in his hand without the slightest attempt to conceal it. He was a skinny little kid who looked Puerto Rican. So I kept oncoming after I felt the bullets go out of my back, because if you take a shot at you are going to die, simple as that.

The slugs stung a little bit when they hit, but they didn't pack enough to break anything loadbearing. It was a nice gun he had, one of those TEC-9s that are all the rage among street-level dealers these days, but it had absolutely no slopping power. The kid shot me twice, then pissed his pants when he saw me keep oncoming.

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