[The vampire racism is hardly a problem; if anything, it means he has a good perspective on why someone might want to help without showing their face. He briefly considers as much, fingers tapping against the tablet.]

To be fair, we do not make it seem as though we'd be the easiest crowd to please. [His tone is wry, but there is that. The mood of the city when it comes to their imagined captors is clear.]

I don't trust poetics, but... [His mouth twists down at one corner.] You're suggesting that we are pawns in some external struggle.