[Everything about this is new and when you've been alive for over five hundred years, it's hard not to feel just a little on edge when you have no idea the full game you're playing. But at least other vampires are familiar and he can know what he's up against. That's at least a little comforting.]

Let's go. [Armand starts to lead them to a room he senses is empty and once there, sits on the bed.] As for playing the odds, I don't like doing so at all. Relying on luck has never done me any good. If you want to win, you have to do it all on your own merit.