I've mostly been into older things all my life. [There's a joke to be made there but it's lost on him at the moment. His focus on what Axel has started to tell him about vampires instead.]

I can't imagine the general public in my world taking it well, but Vampires can hardly be the strangest part of this experience for anyone.

It's different, but you're a person either way.

[Even as he is saying it, his eyes fix on the fangs, lingering for a moment on Axel's grin. Of course he could just be a fanatic, but Caleb is not inclined to think anything but that what Axel is telling him is the truth.]

It must be some kind of a relief not having to keep your identity a secret. [His voice is distracted. It's a lot to take in, but he's not scared, barely a rise in his pulse where it perhaps should be further spiked.]