Krov said nothing to Chiyo's rude speech. But inside, he was fighting a battle with two sides of his personality. The one who cared for Krov's respect and dignity among the vampire society, and the one who was left over from Krov's days in the war. The one that was a little insane and personally wanted to kill everyone that looked at Krov a little but funny.

"I should just grab a sword and behead this so called elder on the spot! No one has any idea what I went through! They think I am a hotshot fledgling who thinks I am top of the pile! If they could see what I went through at the hands of the humans, they would know why I joined this uprising. If this arrogant fool knew my past, saw my past, she would be thinking differently of Krov Piyavki." Krov thought. But didn't dare to say out loud.

What he said was "For the record, I don't like Pierogi. It's a foul human creation". Then he scowled at Chiyo, gave a questioning look to Karina. Then he tightened up his thick coat, and walked to the door. "I am getting some fresh air. It is getting stuffy in this shack. And" Krov looked at Karina. "Decide where your loyalty lies.". And with that, he walked out into the night. He pulled out the Art of War and begun reading. 

"Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers" 

Krov was engrossed in the book, and his foot became caught on a tree root, he tripped with a loud bang, and got up, but not before yelling a few choice Russian swear words.