"Are you?" Joss gives his friend a sad look. "It won't be the same. We vampires are not in the business of accepting change too readily. Or at least I wasn't. Before this."

He sits next to Jean-Claude on the bench, ignoring his own food for now.

"Much has changed, you know. Beyond the obvious. But first, tell me. How has it been in London since I left? What news? Does Islington still hold its expanded territory?"