Great. Small talk. With a vampire cop no less.

"Uh... Fine, I guess. Coping with all..."

He motioned his hands around.

"[i]this[/i]."

His hands fell to his sides with an audible slap.

"It's kinda hard to balance a 9-to-5 with an underground rebellion, you know? Especially with the weight of all these cases, how long it's been. I really don't know how I haven't offed myself yet."

He gulped, tugging at his collar.

"Okay. Slight exaggeration. But seriously, it's been months, and we're only a fraction of the way there. These guys, whoever they are, won't quit either. I mean, all those files..."

A sharp exhale escaped him as he hung his head. It was as if he deactivated himself. As quickly as he went down, however, he came back up.

"I'm just hoping the one lead we have somehow leads us to the others, because quite frankly I'm getting sick of all this."