The whole compassion thing. Maybe that was needed here. Or maybe the 'puppy dog eyes' that Dean used to joke about. Sam didn't have either of those tools at his disposal. He didn't have the patience to coax or coddle the answers out of her. Instead, he simply watched the tiny blonde for a moment.
"It's usually a shock the first time," he said with a small smile. "I'm surprised you survived. How did you survive?"
Now there was a question. She was reading vampire romances and she didn't seem exactly eager to let him go on the hunt. Sam couldn't help but wonder if she would make good bait for the vampire she was currently researching. Might be a way to kill him without trusting Veronica to simply lead him to the vampire.