"Just go easy on him. Magpie may not be prepared for your brand of menace." He knows Ren. He knows how brazen he can be at times, spurred into moments of flirtatious tomfoolery. "I think it'll be all right once I properly introduce you. There's one other little version of me who's a vampire, but you can rest assured that he won't bite you when he has perfectly good blood packets he can drink in the fridge."

...Wait.

"Please don't try to drink them. They do not taste good."