oh for sure how could they cope without a little gallows humour lol! and WOW that's great, i think vlad was still in his try to contain this sickness from spreading like wildfire phase in the 1400s due to crushing sense of guilt and responsibility that go with being the first to be sired by the og vamp, so friendship may have been off to a bit of a rocky start BUT he mellowed out of that phase eventually in favour of a slightly more benevolent approach so i'm sure they were able to mend ways at some point over the next eight centuries?