What gave away vampire Durkon to Roy?

[Jasdoif]

That's exactly what an Italian guy said to me once, and I'm going to say the same thing to you that I said to him: get with the times, new Roman!

Must say, braggadocio is very unbecoming on you. It's almost grotesque....

[Peelee]

Must say, braggadocio is very unbecoming on you. It's almost grotesque....

Sorry, I've been pretty grumpy after having a run-in with the local cops. The serif's deputies are downright mean.

[Jasdoif]

Sorry, I've been pretty grumpy after having a run-in with the local cops. The serif's deputies are downright mean.

Understandable. I hear it's pretty rough down there, with so many deputies convinced the only reason they weren't serif themselves is that the position is biased in favor of having tails.


As for the actual question of the thread, I'm pretty sure it's that the depth of HPoH's schadenfreude at rubbing in what happened to Roy's brother isn't covered by the "same Durkon, but with a new outlook" he'd been pushing; it's deeper than a general attitude towards life. Whether that was an immediate logical conclusion on Roy's part, and/or simply the shifting of the most comfortable possibility for Roy to accept at that moment; is probably not enough of a distinction to impact Roy's response at the time.