"Well, I'm not sure if she would aid us in our research. I do know that I have only seen her a handful of times and most of those times have been with her in the woods. And she's very pale." Sickly pale. The type of pale one would expect to be bed-ridden, if Claire had any idea of the matter.

"I feel that we could ask, and that we could always find another vampire if she says no."