“Eh…” Daniel raised his shoulders in a prolonged shrug. “Curious, I guess. I uh… I’ve got a grandpa. He’s much older than you, of course. Anyway, he’s getting on in years. Can’t be easy.”

The vampire had no such grandfather, but it had only recently occurred to him that he might make it past his first decade. He’d live forever, a geriatric in a twenty-something body, and watch everyone around him die. Daniel didn’t know how he felt about that.