Judas nimbly stepped away from their blows, bringing up a quick curtain of flame to singe them if they attacked.
"How instinctual! And you say you aren't vermin?! You attack at the slightest insult, like a great bulking bear or mutt! How disgusting!"
He laughed in good humor.
"And you do not spread disease? A disease is a pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms, my dear mutts! This vampirism is a defection from the norm, spread by the organisms within your blood! That's why I wanted to injure and dissect one of you like a frog, how fascinating it would be to pinpoint the exact organism behind vampirism!"