The reaction confuses him at first, but when he remembers the vampires he puts it together and raises a hand in silent reassurance.

"Hey hey hey--I'm human." he replies. "I may be a science experiment, but I'm human. There was an accident during the War, my plane went down somewhere in the Antarctic. The serum they gave me cranked up my metabolism, add the freezing temperatures to that and I survived a lotta years in a big damn block of ice, okay? I don't drink blood, I love the sun--hell, I'm Irish. You'll find me in Church every damn Sunday, lighting a candle for my mom and dad."