"Well, what I am used to be human too, don't forget that." Whatever horrors humans were capable of, vampires were as well, they still had the same basic instincts, the urges to fuck one another over. It was all still there, it just happened to come along with a pair of fangs. Ignorance could be to blame, but if he wanted to stand a chance in Amsterdam, he had to give the other supernatural races a bit more credit. They were dangerous, and they, more than the humans, would be able to see the value in someone like him. Forget cruelty from boredom. That didn't hold a damn candle to cold manipulation, and slavery. "I did some pretty shit things when I was human... stole, mugged people, beat anyone down who looked at me wrong some nights. I spent time behind bars, so I know about the ugly reality of human nature, but... I've done far worse since becoming a vampire. You lose decency when you get this life, at least... I did." It might not be true of all vampires, but it was the case with Shannon. You didn't murder a few girls, and then sleep with your brother's girlfriend, and still call yourself a good person, a decent person.
Lifting his arm, he extended his hand, "Don't call me that. I don't even fucking care if you meant it as a general term. You keep that word out of your mouth, as far as I'm concerned." Hearing him say that, it had actually caused his stomach to flip flop, and not in a pleasant way either. His grandfather had called him son, but he had addressed all young men in that way, anyone, and everyone younger than he. Callum's father had been the last person he had called Dad, but it had clearly been short lived. All the same, Shannon had been young at the time, and thrilled to have someone to apply the term to. Aidan was his little brother's daddy, and he had intended to be Shannon's as well. In his life, all good things came to an end, thanks to Heather. "Vivian, my boss, she has humans on her staff that will do anything you pay them to do. We could get a few for... whatever it is you've got planned." That would be the easiest way to secure assistance, and they wouldn't have to worry about someone running off, and exposing what they were either. "How are we going to do this? Do I come to you, do you come to me?"