She growled quietly at the girls voice. Great, yet another bloodsucker.... Odd. This one seemed... unerved. She summoned up a blocl of ice with a wave of her hand, and posisioned it in front of her. No, it wasn't enough to stop the spike if the vampire fired, but it was enough to keep the wound from being fatal. Deciding to take a chance, she lightly leaned on the cool ice, and spoke calmly to the girl. "Hello. You seem nervous.... never heard of a vampire being nervous before. What's wrong? This your first hunt?"