In this chapter, the reader is introduced to the "sweetest man in the world" . He is the son of a wealthy and powerful family. He has run away from home and is now participating in a school festival. He asks his father why he does not want to teach him how to be a vampire. His father replies that he is not a vampire, and that the change in his body will be due to the fact that he has taken a half-day off from work. He explains that the main purpose of a vampire's blood supply is to help the vampire survive and thrive. He says that the only way for a vampire to survive is through the blood of a "donor" , a person who has agreed to give the vampire his or her blood. The narrator explains that a vampire needs a blood supply to survive and thrives. He tells the reader that the last time a vampire gave blood, the last vampire who gave blood died, and the narrator is certain that this is the case with the current vampire.