An eyebrow arched at that. "'Blood Breed'? That's quite a fancy name for a monster." There was obvious contempt in his voice, though it was pretty clear that it was directed at the monsters he was talking about, and not at Klaus. Or at least he hoped it was obvious.

"No offense taken, though. I'm just... not much of a fan of vampires." Ravel smiled again, indicating that he was over the sour mood. He even chuckled a little, trying to make light of the whole thing.

At the question about the books he blanched ever so slightly. "Ah, yes, of course. Or at least as many of them as I could remember. I've got a stack of receipts around here somewhere, I think-" He finally placed the tablet down (carefully!) and hopped back down off of the desk to move to the other side, shuffling through drawers and papers. "Is this a bad time to mention I have... a bit of a memory thing, sometimes?"