Even the younger vampires understood what that demonstration meant. They all stayed still, worried both with the presence of both the Pariah and the slayer. Some sort of instinct told them that going against the Pariah would mean certain death. Even though scared, one of the vampires said, "Yeah, like he would choose following a Slayer... [turning to the Pariah] we are more like you, sir... you too hunger for blood, right?".