"It's simply a question," he said, taken aback. He hadn't meant to offend. Of course, he hadn't gone out of his way not to offend, either, because he really didn't care one way or another.
"I would say that vampires in your world don't count at all. You have nothing that makes you a vampire other than drinking blood. I hear your heartbeat. I smell your mortality. And you practice magic. And they call me an abomination."