John's mouth twists a little, but Armand doesn't say it like an accusation, the way that Murphy did. He's still aware he's not supposed to agree, though, and doing so even to someone who seems to feel the same way is handing them a weapon that could ostracise him.

"Mortals die," he says instead. "People hurt each other and get hurt. I don't have time or capacity to get upset about it every time it happens." He's tired of the expectation that he should care about more than his people - when he had power he had a lot of people who he considered his. Now it's just that short lost, and he's pretty sure the only one on it here is Danny. "You're not an exception to that either. How old are you, vampling, a hundred? Two hundred?"