"Flattering as that is," she says in a sweetly apologetic tone, "I don't put out on the first date."

Zero hesitation at deploying innuendo now that she feels confident Claudia is much older than she looks. As an internet native, appearances mean little to her other than a mechanism with which to manipulate others. And she means what she says: Root isn't taking blood drinking off the table, but she doesn't go into risks hastily. She's all eager forward momentum, but it's extremely calculated, deliberate.

Like now.

Offer implicitly accepted, she's already halfway to the door as she chirps, "You clean up and I'll get you those clothes like I offered."