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There are worse things in life and death than a little danger, Cvjo," Julian says. "Let me explain. Since the Convention of Thorns, the Masquerade has protected us from mortal scrutiny. We hide what we are. We live in the shadows. But that can't last." He tosses the USB webcam up and down. "The Second Inquisition should have taught us that. One day soon, mortals will learn the truth. This is inevitable. Do you know why Jasper Knowles decided to end his experiments with that Nosferatu? Because someone filmed it when it got out. Then he called me to turn the video from a Masquerade breach into a trailer to a new student horror film. I had to fake some date stamps, but the Tremere paid me well.
"That's going to happen more and more, Cvjo. And eventually it's going to be happening every night. All the time. Always on. Constant streaming. We must stop offering a hard wall against this inevitability and start creating a guided path for the mortals."