Dennis managed a real laugh. yes, Snape had been a complete prick to every student. "I think the fact we weren't Slytherins was always against us."
She was rather quiet when he talked about feeding, and blood. He was grateful, very grateful, for her inquisitive Ravenclaw nature. He shrugged. "I thought I had one, but she got frightened away, and then I left town." It was a complete lie. Most of the victims he killed were very willing at first, at least, they were until his fangs entered their veins.
"Orla Quirke is trying to make a synthetic blood for the Shack, but it just doesn't taste right. It was like one of those diet drinks the Muggles drink." He did actually like it, but it certainly wasn't anywhere near the thrill of the chase of a victim, or the taste of their fear as their very lifeblood ebbed away from them.