You? [He is genuinely shocked, and appalled. Here he is complaining to her about dying of what may or may not be a cold, and it turns out she has more experience with... is it final death? Does it count if... but then, most who become vampires don't know that they'll wake up from their first death, either.

For the first time in Norfinbury, he feels a strange sense of common ground.]

I apologise. I didn't know - [Now it's his turn to fumble with his words. They do make a pair.] Forget the etiquette. It is what it is. They... hunting is more important to them. But it is more that they find it harder to - acknowledge mortals.