““Claire elbowed him. "You must be feeling better." "Seems like it, doesn't it?" That, she thought with a sudden rush of disquiet, was not an answer. It was an evasion. " Are you feeling better?" "If by better you mean much more aware than I ought to be of the fact that there are freaking vampires all over the place, then yes, much better. But I'm dealing with it." "If you can't, will you let me know?" "Sure thing. I'll let out a howl." "Not funny." "Well, in my defense, it wasn't really meant to be. I mean, I might literally howl.””