[i]So,[/i] Izzy thought at the number he gave, [i]he’s at [u]least[/u] that old.[/i] The nonchalance with which he threw it out there made it easy to believe he was older. 
	“I figured he wasn’t human,” she answered him, irritation in her voice at him apparently thinking otherwise. “‘Vampire’ just wasn’t at the top of my list of possibilities.” She glanced out to the quickly rising night behind Cerasus. A sense of comfort from the encroaching darkness settled over her, promising a solace she had first fully noticed nearly a day past. “I don’t suppose you’d have any tips for fighting him, then, would you, or is it something you’d rather I just figure out on my own?” she finished with a soft snort.