Similar vein: Slaxx. I’m not sure how vampire pants fits into things but boy does it start a conversation about using cheap labor for profit and the cost of life for that profit.

I had thought of that possibility and decided to go with the happier option. I also don’t want to think too hard about the entire probable series of events. Surface level is sad enough

Not technically alone but if he had advanced enough in the disease, he would probably not notice that anything has happened…