[ Excuse him for not being completely down with this whole vampire deal just yet. Two months ago vampirism still classified as a mental illness closely related to cannibalism in his book and he's only just recently started to properly mingle with the fanged population. It takes some getting used to.
Speaking of... ]
I, uh... for the record, I didn't mean to offend you with the whole... [ Viking bit. ] That is, I didn't mean to imply that you're not the history expert here.