The talk of protecting people, while having been more or less brought up by Tesla, began to bore the mercurial vampire. With a slight nod Nikola shrugged off the topic and focused on his drink for a moment as his thoughts drifted back to his work.
It took a few seconds to realize that the furry little man was still speaking and asking questions and with the roll of his eyes Nikola glanced back over at his companion. "My apologies, what are you talking about now?" Rudeness was second nature to the inventor, and while he could exert social graces from time to time, he often found such efforts to be a waste of energy.