"The blood was only ever a means to an end," the vampire confessed in the interview.

"To what end?" the reporter asked.

"Blood carries vigor, life force, vital energy. That's what we feed on."

"So how do you get it, if not through blood?"

"These days, we make doom scrolling apps to drain it."

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@MicroSFF Colin Robinson says hi
@MicroSFF a character from the show "What we do in the shadows".
He's an energy vampire and basically does what you say in your short story. But mostly he drains people by annoying then with boring talk and trolling them online.
@leberschnitzel Ah, right, thanks for explaining. It's a show I've only seen bits of as gif sets on Tumblr.
Colin Drains the Internet - Scene | What We Do in the Shadows | FX

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