He raises an eyebrow at her estimation of her own race, looking a little curious. "I don't know, if vampires are harder to manipulate than humans it's only because a lot of us are already such manipulative bastards that we know what to spot. But after that I kind of have to know. What do Coluans do?"

After a long moment, he adds, "... Yeah, a little. But since most of us can at least pass for humans it's not like we can't interact with them. I mean, I was taking night classes at the university back home. And after dealing with the other vampires in Metatropolis for a while I usually need to spend the rest of the night away from people if I don't want to haul off and punch somebody."