[Where he comes from was mostly warm, he doesn't like this cold nonsense and gets cold very easily, be nice! He hadn't really expected for anyone to answer him and he's glancing towards her, letting her say her piece before he decides to reply. His attention is still focused on the ice, to be fair.]

With the increased speed and strength, do you really think that true talent and skill? Some of the skill is there, certainly, as that is something that can only be taught, but the actual effort put into the performance is something else to be said. [He at least doesn't sound like he's trying to be condescending or anything towards her, mostly that his brain just will not let him put humans and vampires into the same box even though he knows full well that he's going to end up like that in a year's time.]

Just because I've been forced into having this blood in my body does not mean I embrace the changes that it provides. [... Well, Eden may have heard some tale of him being brought in as one of the weird anomalies of the whole foreign god thing. Not that he's really doing great at blending in currently.]