Well, thanks for not disappearing in the middle of the night without a word.

[ Just, the teensiest tease? Trying to... make her feel better, which is probably futile right now. ] [ He also has opinions about the rest of that, but who knows if he's right or not, and he doesn't want to speak for Doc or Venti. ]

—We can talk to him. If he doesn't want to hurt vampires who aren't an active danger to other people, I'm sure we can work something out.