"Well at least I don't smell dead," she said, a little relieved. What was with everyone that could hear her heartbeat? Was she going to get super hearing too if she lived in The City long enough?
"I'm..." she looked around. "...Okay, you're a vampire. Apparently that makes you desirable and gets you groupies. I have nightmares about people finding out and getting the pitchforks and the torches and..."
She didn't think she was convincing him.
"I'm a zombie," she blurted. If there were other zombies in The City, perhaps Eric would know. It was a stupid risk, but so far people seemed surprisingly cool about it.