[He stops fiddling with his ring long enough to manage a thin smile.]

Don't worry about it. As far as my legal records are concerned, I'm still alive and kicking. It's only been about a year? [A year for Alesci, versus a century and a half for Salvatore. Two vampires with two vastly different life experiences.] Well, kind of.

I'm more pissed I didn't catch on for a good six hours.