"Jaysus," he mutters. That's way more than he knew ever existed.

"Sounds like you deal with-- that sort of stuff on a regular basis. An' stop that, they're not my 'comrades,' I don't fucking know them, we're not related. I don't have some sort of allegiance or whatever. In my world I haven't even seen another vampire for a very, very long time, an' I'm okay with that." Even if it does get lonely.

"If I bit you, I'd mean to either kill you or turn you, there's no in between. An' I would never do either."