That gets a shiver, if a small one. "It... could be my future," Sariel says after a second's silence, "but I don't think so, really." People walking around doing in vampires of any sort, naturally occurring mimics of legend or otherwise... well. Starfleet would likely have heard of that, even if she might not have personally.

"And... Mel is a slayer?" That hasperat's getting steadily closer to gone.