Karl wasn't entirely shocked by their reactions but it gave him the option to take the moral high ground.<br/><br/>"Would you have ran away so quickly if I had been mortal? A soldier perhaps?" he asked, his tone not changing not showing the slightest hint of anger. "I too have fought for your country since before I was even a legal citizen. I have protected your rights and brought bad men to justice." It was a bit of romanticizing for sure. He'd fought in those wars as part of Constantine's plan for them to find a place in the every changing world. "Your government has come to me over and over again because they know my love for this land." That part was a tiny lie. If it weren't for Constantine he'd be back in Germany in a heart beat. He did have a lot of respect for America for the most part. He'd seen all it was and all it could be again.<br/><br/>Karl gave it a nice dramatic pause as he scanned from one girl to the next. "I had no intention of feeding off of you tonight." That was mostly true, feeding wasn't entirely on his mind though he needed to. Besides, he'd found that most women became curious about being fed on once they were between the sheets. "Tell me one thing I've done wrong tonight, other than be honest with you." Letting that statement hang in the air, he felt like his words carried some merit. "Come on...give me a chance to prove I'm not a monster and worthy of your company." he said, that hurt look slowly slipping back into that charming smile.<br/><br/>It was amusing on some level to Karl that the girls thought that they could avoid harm simply by walking away anyways. If he'd meant them harm they never would have seen it coming. That would have been true with most other vampires besides some of the young trash that wondered around lately. No, his plans for the girls were entirely romantic in nature. They were young, beautiful, and intelligent. It would be far more fun to seduce them and spoil them...do for them all the things that he knew he could do.