She tilts her head as she listens to his answers to her question, mulling them over a bit. He must have lucked out when he arrived on Earth as a baby. Rip knew too many people that wouldn't have left an alien infant alone to live a peaceful life.

"It zounds like zhe couple zhat found you must have been very loving und good people to raise you as one of zheirs. I can't zhink of too many vho vould in my vorld." She was sure there were some, she just.. didn't know them.

But, she understood the being stronger and faster than humans all to well. "So ve are both stronger und faster~. I just can't fly or leap over tall buildings." She reaches for her tea again and then pauses, smiling slightly at their own little jokes. "But, I can do ozher zhings zhat are just as interesting." Rip sips her tea, wondering if he's interested in just what some of those other things are.

"Ah, but, a vampire vas once human. Ve just gave it up to be zomething new und different." Her lack of a heartbeat was a prime example of part of what she gave up when she accepted what some might call a 'curse'. "But, living alongside humans is... a challenge sometimes. I haf to keep reminding myself how fragile zhey can be at times."