"Wouldn't dream of it." Her smile says that she might be lying. "The locals here might get a bit edgy at first and hiss at him for being human, but I think he'll win 'em over in time."

Unsaid is that Njoki didn't have that particular problem. While most of the local vampires don't know exactly what she is, there is a consensus that she's far from human. "And, yeah, it's over in Aspic for abdead that live outside Mafaton. Or other light sensitive folks, but I don't really know much about that side of their work."