The elder vampire grinned, light not quite reaching his eyes. "And risk my bad reputation? Never."

He'd laugh at Cassidy's visions if he knew them, if only because they were so vastly wrong. Yes, he had always lived in opulence, but what they had in wealth, they lacked in love and compassion, and it made for a harder life. A harder man.

The spoon was taken carefully and held still. "That's impressive. I meant to ask you how you got into something as nasty as tranquilizers the other night. I've seen and heard some extreme ends to getting properly fucked up, but that's new, even to me."