[What on earth is trolling? He has seen a good number of trolls among Dracula's ranks back home and it is insulting to be compared to likes of them.]

Why? [He gives a humourless snort.] I do find it most fascinating still how those here will talk of sorcery without fear of being burned at the stake or punished in ways more... gruesome and agonizing. Human beings... are remarkably inventive when it comes to inflicting pain.