Kate had been exposed to enough vampire fiction in prior to the arrival of actual vampires in her life, so she could've maybe been able to grasp several different terms. But how he chose to put it was the easiest one.

And not what really caught her attention about what he said.

"Guess he doesn't think they're so much better than us anymore," Kate muttered, half under her breath. Louder, she said, "So... Is it really as bad as you made it sound?"