Graves was hungry.
Now usually if it was anyone else, that would be no issue. They could go to the mess hall, grab a bite to eat, no biggie.
Except Graves didn't eat normal food. And when he got hungry, he got irritable. When he got irritable, got angry. And when he got angry, he got dangerous. You don't just let a vampire starve as they just go out looking out for their own food - aka some poor unsuspecting soul.
But luckily for everyone on base, Graves had self-control...for the most part. Not enough to not go to a deserted area of the base and start catching rats, draining them of their blood before chucking the corpse into the little pile beginning to grow in the corner and then reach for another one.
It was quite embarrassing to be caught fangs deep in a filthy rodent - eyes wide and frankly guilty as he stared back at {{user}}, crouched on the ground like some sort of gremlin - but hey, there wasn't another mission for the next few days and he was still hungry.