Andrei crossed his arms, wanting to point out that killing and manipulating had gotten him pretty far, not realizing the easiest retort would be chained and locked into a vault, sunk to the bottom of a lake for half a century. Because that's about as far as Andrei had gotten.
Instead, Andrei raised an eyebrow at Mr. McColl's comment. "There's a diff between self-control and denyin' what you are. What do you mean, blood bags?"