Lex ignored the human, it wasn't in her nature to become familiar with other Vampires' pets, and even with Kathryn insistence that she was a guest, Lex couldn't think of her that way. Humans, to her, were, food, playthings, or pets, never guests. One could certainly invite a human along, but it would still only be the invitation of a master to a pet, or a noble to an amusement.<br/><br/>"There is little hope of a true substitute," said Lex, only barely seeming to look at Kathryn or the human, instead her sharp eyes wandered the books on the shelves, most of which, at her age, she'd found some opportunity to read, most of them, the year they were originally printed.<br/><br/>"Even if it could be...flawless, to the taste, how could one enjoy a subsitute as much as the real thing, even when the substitue is just as appealing to the taste, half the fun is in the act of feeding itself, or, at my age, considerably more than half," she said.<br/><br/>She'd never seen the purpose the venture herself, what few financial interests she possessed in the advancement of medicine, for the benefit of vampires of course, was in cloning, more specificially, blood cloning.<br/><br/>She took the vial from the table, and cracked it open, draining the contents into her mouth.<br/><br/>"Revolting," she said, tossing the vial aside. She showed no symptoms of the problems Kathryn had mention, but that was to be expected, her healing powers were so advanced that often enough, her injuries healed at the same rate she got them, meaning that, in the case of the blood substitute, the symptoms simply never appeared, even if she could clearly detect the problems with the product.<br/><br/>"I am sure the business in Nephie will take its course, but it concerns me little..." she said. She kept herself appraised of threats, but beyond personal ones, she rarely took a further interest.<br/><br/>She turned her attention away from business for the moment, instead deciding that she'd take an interest in the human. She had little reason to, but Kathryn seemed to, and had, clearly, a higher opinion of humans than she, so it seemed only proper.<br/><br/>"You ought not take everything Kathryn says as the more general truth about us," she said, deciding to treat the human as a guest, if only to humor Kathryn, "you'll find very few Vampires willing to curb their diet to the wicked, especially when, the young, and beautiful, are all too often willing to offer themselves..."