[The comment seems to -- well, not shake him to his senses, because he had never abandoned them... but rather remember caution and look around, quickly, to see if there was any of the Queen's bodyguards who might have heard.
And, whew, okay, safe for the moment.]
Dude, we're hunters. Isn't it our purpose to be bold? [He sighs, runs a hand through his hair.] But, I mean... isn't it fishy, for you? Like, why is she here? What does she think this will accomplish? A party in her honour, that, what, she's paying attention to a town that's plagued by vampires? Yeah, wow, big deal. Like her being here is going to help at all. If anything, it's not helping, I'm not even from here and I can tell this party took up a lot of funds... which, correct me if I'm wrong, this town totally doesn't have.