[Gray is at least the second person he's known to compare vampires to something out of a story. Granted, that's all the familiarity that most people in his country had with them as well; it was highly unusual for anyone to actually encounter one and live to tell the tale, so vampires tended to be regarded as scary stories by most Taldans.

Liem just happened to have more personal experience with the monsters in stories than most did.]

I've heard that before — that vampires avoid garlic, and that they're harmed by silver weapons. Some other monsters where I'm from were vulnerable to silver, as well. But it makes little difference to me.

[Steel keeps its edge better than silver does, so if anything, he's more likely to be harmed by ordinary weapons than silver ones. Truthfully, garlic doesn't really agree with him, which was often a problem back in his home country — but then, many foods don't agree with him. Garlic isn't really special in that regard.]

I'm sorry though, I don't know what "crucifixes" are.

[It might be a weird thing for a man with such a convincing Italian accent to say, but he seems sincere.]

Are there vampires in the land you come from, Miss Gray?