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	confronted with a monster. As his nails elongated, his teeth protruded from beneath his lip, looking sharp and nasty. His face became even more reptilian. And his dead eyes were revolting. I reached for my bag but realized I didn't have any weapons one would use against such evil – stakes don't exactly fit in a Prada purse. But sometimes you don't need a bag full of goodies to save you. Some things are in your genes.      Watching this creature lunging towards me, intent on some horrific trespass that would leave me dead in a river, woke the anger in me, and suddenly I could feel my own change. My hair lifted off my shoulders, as if a wind were catching it, and began whipping around – I saw his cockroach eyes darting looks at it. And my eyes were suddenly glowing – they felt like lasers coming out of my head. Then, I fastened my gaze on Him.      I can't tell you what happened next. I just can't explain it. It came from deep within me, from those long lost ancestors that once turned men to stone and women into pillars of salt. I didn't kill him, at least not physically. But I took something from inside of him; or rather I made him aware of something to the deepest core of his being. Nothing strips this type of man of his powers more than the ultimate weapon, the greatest truth – that you don't need him for anything at all, and worse, he can't hurt you for the knowledge you've just ground into his soul.      I remember slipping away and finding a subway, the greatest anonymous escape ever invented. The boss didn't hear from Ambassador Thayne again, and though he was disappointed, he didn't dwell on the lost deal.		A few months later, I heard the great Thayne's businesses were quietly dropping away, like petals from a slowly rotting rose. He didn't swim with the sharks anymore – wasn't seen much, and passed from the conversations of the movers and shakers and gossip-makers. Eventually I heard that he had truly died. But it was hardly remarkable, and I certainly don't take credit for it. For all I know, this city finally got the better of him.