"You are certainly odd enough to know better." Alex snorted, rolling his eyes a little as he settled on the ground to look at Julian. "And no, I didn't ever make a mistake like that. My Sire taught me to be aware of my surroundings before I attempted to kill anything. He would have had my skin for something like that." Which might have been literal, at best.
Still he waited a moment, before turning to crawl out of the little shed, looking around carefully a moment before standing and tilting his head to the side to listen.