"While this is correct, I also don't think demon society is quite ready for making accommodations to humans, let alone kittens."

"Yeah, we need all these pesky things like not being eaten."

"How unreasonable of you. You should take into account that you're squishy and delicious and build your preferences accordingly."

Snort.

"Though, that reminds me, Slayers do taste abnormally delicious, or so I've heard. So do keep that in mind for... Whatever you'd like to do with that information. Selling your blood or accounting for idiots that want to steal it."

"So you've heard, huh."

Eyebrow raise.

"I have not bitten anyone without their consent, so I've heard or not."

"I think advertising my existence and tastiness is probably not a lifespan-extending measure."

"Probably not!" she agrees, blithely.

"So nobody who wants me alive or wishes to credibly signal that they want that will be doing it."

"That logically follows, yes."

"Just wanted to be clear."

"Sure. But I don't actually care if you live or die, there's no incentive for me to tell anyone that you're alive and have delicious blood. What could I gain?"

"For all I know that sort of fact has a price tag."

"Oh, almost definitely. But I'm playing the long game. I don't care about scraping petty favors from the latest fool that wants to make a bid for world domination, nor money I can just as easily earn legitimately and much more safely. Admittedly, I could be bought with sufficient bribery of magical knowledge, but isn't it much easier to wait for you to kill whomever is causing trouble, then go through their stuff. Much less hassle."

"Okay."

"My priorities are very straightforward."

"I appreciate that. I want to hold you up as an example to every other vampire who lurches out of the grave thinking 'guess it's time to eat the entire football team'."

"Feel free, though perhaps do not give out my name. Some might be irrationally offended by a vampire able to get along with a Slayer, however much they logically should aspire to be me."

"Sure. - Did you actually give your name?"

"I have not."

"Are you gonna or should I make something up?"

"What would you make up?"

"I haven't decided yet."

"Well, now I have incentive to continue being cagey about my name, just out of curiosity."