Lucien shrugged. "It's like dogs, or children, or horses. You just have to use the proper tone of voice when you talk to them. They're dreadfully stupid, though. Rotting brains and all that. So there's a certain trick to getting it exactly right. And you have to think about what you're saying too. I mean telling them to die would be pointless. You'd be surprised how seldom people think of these thing, and, Bob's your uncle, they're zombie snacks."
Rather than shaking Rogue's hand, Lucien bowed over it in an old-fashioned way, although he didn't kiss the back of her hand because she was wearing gloves. "I've been working in the infirmary, so your name was mentioned; the girl with the vampire touch. Can you turn it on and off?"