Re: Phone Call.
[He listens, and then abruptly laughs, breaking the mood.] I am concerned only for Holly, who is fond of his "gramps" and I feel at times that I am an impostor. What you say makes this likely. Though no doubt it was a distressing experience for you. [Sympathetically.]
I am surprised he would not think you a hunter. In Rome, I knew this immediately. You had weapons and smelled of steel. Though I suppose, surrounded by many beautiful people, old vampires do not pay such attention to such things. ...And, if there is no Bellatora there, then he would not have heard of you.