The man had almost finished stalking toward the door when a woman appeared on the other side of it, cigarette in hand. Instead of turning around, he was forced to fight the urge to ask for one. He reminded himself he was trying to quit, just in time for her to tell him he had a ten percent chance he'd get out of here alive. That was only because she thought he was human. It actually meant he had a ninety percent chance that the alarm that had just gone off was a good thing. "I'll take those odds." he agreed, smirking a little when the woman suggested she was going to eat him if he didn't convince her. "I'm a freelance contractor. I specialize in the procurement of rare and speciality items." he started off, before wincing as he caught a whiff of the cigarette in the woman's hand.

"Can I have one of those?" he tried to avoid twitching too much as he hoped for a little generosity. He had more success not knife-handing the cigarette, but wasn't too concerned about that. Then he carried on, mostly as if he'd never been interrupted. "Obviously you're not an item, but I've been promised a great deal of money if I can find unique mutations of the vampire plague. You're not a psycho, which means whatever strain of the plague you've got is different. The eggheads said they just want a blood sample from a live specimen, and an opportunity to observe said specimen for like twenty-four hours. I'd be willing to split that money with you fifty-fifty. Plus, you can eat whoever we kill on the way, and you can have first pick of any loot we come across." he figured that had to sound like a decent deal. He didn't think they'd come across anything significant in the way of loot, so he wasn't too concerned in that regard, and half of the money was still better than no money. And he really didn't like the idea of eating people, so it seemed like a pretty good deal to him. He supposed it was up to this woman, though, to see what she thought. The real question, though, was whether or not she was going to share those smokes of hers before he lost his mind and the deal became moot...