He frowns very slightly as she speaks, wondering about the truth behind the concept of vampires even older than her. His ego told him he could likely fend her off if he really needed to, but he couldn't delude himself to the point of thinking that he'd ever be able to take on several even older vampires. Still, she wasn't threatening, she was just explaining why the others within the city would likely comply, so he didn't show any sign of fear or nervousness.<br/><br/>He glances to her a bit as she begins rubbing herself, but besides the displacement of his glance he didn't seem very distracted as he spoke<br/><br/>"I see...well, regardless of the fact, I do believe I need some time to think about it", he begins with a sarcastically apologetic look, "But you're an elder; I'm certain you have the patience to wait for my still-mortal line of thought, hmm?", he says with a slightly conceited smirk.<br/><br/>"You do make a good case, though", he begins to add, "I will give you that much now", he says with a chuckle, "Though do remember you have a different concept of 'soon' than I do. Still, with any luck I may become as old as you are eventually anyway..."<br/><br/>As she begins to dress his own clothes from nearby begin to crawl to him in shadowy form again, wrapping around him in a liquid fashion. It almost made one wonder if the clothes were being shifted into a matterless state or if the clothes themselves truly WERE just transmorphed shadow. It was difficult to tell with archmages.<br/><br/>"So, if that is all....perhaps I should take my leave for now, until I've made my decision", he says