There was a level of finesse to that answer that felt very familiar. And evasive. Why feel the need to hide that? That wasn't the way a vampire lord would go about deflecting it either. Maybe the dynamics here weren't as clear as he thought.

"I won't bite, you know." Because he wasn't sure if that was safe or even desirable, but it was the truth. "If we don't learn how to keep them out, who's to say they won't turn us against each other?"