Natasha looked oddly at Pietro for a long moment when he admonished and corrected her. Once again he reminded her of old-world Russian nobles, even though she knew he meant well in his words, she found his need to educate her on social etiquette a bit irksome.
"Forgive me, Minister, and while I was making a joke, you are quite aware that they, themselves, and very proudly refer to themselves as "Vegan vampires" and ask to be referred to in such a way?" Natasha inquired politely, gently pointing this out to him.
"And isn't it perhaps more insulting not refer to them as they preferred to be referred and act like what they do as something questionable, grouping them with our "our brethren" as if what they do is shameful?" she added raising an eyebrow questioningly while thinking of her two newest members Claus and Anita, both vegan vampires, and both very passionate about vampires not needing to consume human or animal blood to sustain themselves.
"Because personally, I think it is a wonderful ideal that vampires might be able to live without, the so-called misconception that is still widely accepted, that we need to harm to survive. I think veganism vampirism is an interesting idea actually," she said quite truthfully, and added for effect as she looked at Pietro directly, "don't you, Mr. Popov?"
"Forgive me, Minister, and while I was making a joke, you are quite aware that they, themselves, and very proudly refer to themselves as "Vegan vampires" and ask to be referred to in such a way?" Natasha inquired politely, gently pointing this out to him.
"And isn't it perhaps more insulting not refer to them as they preferred to be referred and act like what they do as something questionable, grouping them with our "our brethren" as if what they do is shameful?" she added raising an eyebrow questioningly while thinking of her two newest members Claus and Anita, both vegan vampires, and both very passionate about vampires not needing to consume human or animal blood to sustain themselves.
"Because personally, I think it is a wonderful ideal that vampires might be able to live without, the so-called misconception that is still widely accepted, that we need to harm to survive. I think veganism vampirism is an interesting idea actually," she said quite truthfully, and added for effect as she looked at Pietro directly, "don't you, Mr. Popov?"