She was watching his reaction, gauging it and feeling seemingly satisfied with what she saw. As for his question, she pauses and pulls back to toy with the till and prod at a few of its buttons. It's an old fashioned thing, but, reliable.

"Actually, not as many as you might zhink. It's hard to break hearts vhen zhose around you are avare of how much of a monster you are vithout zhe appropriate..containment in place." She looked a little uneasy admitting that but, it was a thing with how her life was. There were many that knew who and what she was, and she didn't mean just a vampire.

Acceptance for.. other issues was not something she sought because she knew she would never get it. So, he may have hit a surprising sour note in his attempt at flirting with her.

But, Rip wasn't going to dwell longer than she had to before turning her attention back to him. "I'm glad you appreciate my hunger. Perhaps ve can use each ozher to satisfy each ozher as often as ve can.. After all, I'm razher durable und you may need a partner like me."