Lyall listens to Aziraphale's rambling lie with his head tilted ever so slightly to one side. Privately, it's a bit amusing, watching him stumble through it. Amusing but also vaguely endearing. It's done so inexpertly and seemingly entirely without malice. At the end of all that, he nods. Though he is inwardly amused, his outward expression is still placidly polite.
"Certainly." But instead of the most polite thing to do - which would be taking Aziraphale up on his attempted diversion of the topic - Lyall continues to regard him for a moment or two more, and then continues on conversationally. "You know, another very interesting thing about this place is the wealth of diversity amongst those of us who have been brought here. The experiences and types of people."
Lyall gestures out demonstratively at the other people milling about.
"For example, a number of people who happen to be particularly long-lived. For a variety of different reasons. There are quite a lot of vampires."
Not that he believes that Aziraphale numbers among them of course. He does not smell like old, musty blood. In fact, he smells...strangely clean. Lyall thinks, at least. There are a number of more human smells on top of that, including cologne so it isn't as easy for him to tell. But in any event, it is nothing like a vampire.
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Lyall listens to Aziraphale's rambling lie with his head tilted ever so slightly to one side. Privately, it's a bit amusing, watching him stumble through it. Amusing but also vaguely endearing. It's done so inexpertly and seemingly entirely without malice. At the end of all that, he nods. Though he is inwardly amused, his outward expression is still placidly polite.
"Certainly." But instead of the most polite thing to do - which would be taking Aziraphale up on his attempted diversion of the topic - Lyall continues to regard him for a moment or two more, and then continues on conversationally. "You know, another very interesting thing about this place is the wealth of diversity amongst those of us who have been brought here. The experiences and types of people."
Lyall gestures out demonstratively at the other people milling about.
"For example, a number of people who happen to be particularly long-lived. For a variety of different reasons. There are quite a lot of vampires."
Not that he believes that Aziraphale numbers among them of course. He does not smell like old, musty blood. In fact, he smells...strangely clean. Lyall thinks, at least. There are a number of more human smells on top of that, including cologne so it isn't as easy for him to tell. But in any event, it is nothing like a vampire.