[private]
Fine. But I think you could have made a public service announcement without-- [ he sighs, pauses for a moment, and then murmurs: ]
If the point was really just to ask people not to feed them, you could have said, "For those who don't know, vampires are very real and there are some here in Marina. You probably aren't in any danger, because Acumen provides more than enough blood for all of them, so they have no need to take blood from you. Please don't offer your blood to them, and please let the Defense Force or myself know if anyone does bite you."
[ wouldn't that get all the information out there, in a less alarming way? ]