Danny didn't respond about their 'alliance.' He was still weirded out by the fact that Vlad had just thanked him. That was probably the first time he'd ever done that, ever. He'd never heard the words "thank you" or anything similar come out of the man's mouth unless he was talking to his mother, and that didn't count.

"Oh, right..." he muttered. "Well, none of them are normal," he said idly as he chewed on what seemed to be his third muffin, the previous two still unfinished.