He tilted his head. Was that his indirect implication? That humans weren't capable of emotion? If so, "Grandfather" might need to re-think some of his life choices.

"True," he concedes. "I wonder, though. Grandpa always meant it more like - prior to him, people thought vampires were inner demons. That they couldn't feel, and that their only desires were nourishment and survival."

So when Gilbert Branson penned his tragic romances, he wanted to paint a new image of the vampire, as a creature that had amplified emotion rather than none. It was the truth, after all.

"I mean, they're not exactly mindreaders like Mr. Cullen, but they picked up on emotions quicker than you'd think."