Sookie and Bill in “The First Taste”

Sookie

How old are you? Am I allowed to ask that?

Bill

I was made vampire in 1865, when I was thirty human years old.

Sookie

Wow, you look older than that.

Bill

Life was harder then.

Sookie

Were you in the Civil War?

Bill

I was.

Sookie

Would you be willing to come and talk to my grandmother's club? It's mostly a bunch of old people who had family in the war. They call themselves Descendants of the Glorious Dead.

Bill

[incensed] The glorious dead? There is nothing glorious about dying in a war. A bunch of starving, freezing boys killing each other so the rich people can stay rich? Madness.

Sookie

[pause] I'm sure it was awful.

Bill

Would it make you happy if I did this?

Sookie

Oh, it would make my grandmother ecstatic.

Bill

Would it make you happy?

Sookie

Well... yes.

Bill

I'll do it then. I look forward to meeting your grandmother. When may I call on you?

Sookie

I'm off work tomorrow.

Bill

Just after dark then.