Marcus blinked, taking a moment, as always, to adjust to Faith's energetic style. His comments had clearly distracted her from the momentous significance of her Monopoly coup, and she certainly seemed interested in his troubles. Perhaps sharing the problem with another would help him find a solution.
"No, nothing like that. Tonks and I are fine. No, I have vampire troubles. It's a bit embarrassing to admit for someone like me, but I have become the repeat victim of a particularly annoying monster. Last night he visited me again. I resist as well as I can, but he's a telepath, and I don't really have defenses against that. I can't reason with the monster--I've tried. The only thing to do is destroy him, but I'm not exactly sure how. I don't suppose you would have any ideas."
The Ranger hadn't been expecting to spill his guts like that, especially to someone he didn't know well enough to fully trust, especially someone as volatile as Faith, but once he had begun it was easier to just give the whole picture. He waited, a little nervous on the inside, for Faith's response.