"Ah. Thank you." Manners, manners. He leaned back, gauging Daniel's return question. The boy might not always pick up on everything at first shot, but in all honesty, Maddie's child couldn't be stupid, simply... untrained in organized thought. That would explain the math grades, for example.

"I haven't observed anyone behaving in a manner that couldn't be described as human," although the table act was a bit over the top, "if that's what you mean." But that wasn't all of what Daniel meant, Vlad was sure. He added, a bit begrudgingly, "There has been a strange sensation since I arrived."