"I suppose you're not. Same old," he murmurs with a faint smile, thinking back to the other women in his life he's never quite figured. First Maria, then Alice, now this one. Not even a vampire, and by rights he shouldn't even be considering staying this close after his...unfortunate lapse...but there's something about that tangled complexity of hers that's just distracting enough for him to keep from fixing on her scent or her pulse. She's confused by him too, he can tell that much, which is oddly satisfying.

He's also never much thought he deserved to be saved, but if she thinks he's worth saving and keeping that way, he'll do his best to live up to that. Even if he can't go back to the family, at least he can do that. If it means sticking around so she can keep an eye on him, that's not so unreasonable. At least for now. Until it gets too dangerous.

He nods, half-turned toward the woods already. "Be happy to. Any requests for dinner? Plenty of deer in these woods. Rabbits. Spotted a flock of wild turkeys a few miles up. ...bear, if you'd like something a little stronger."