[ Well now he's just nudged the door open for her to continue asking more questions that she hopes won't end up coming across as totally rude or pushy. Fodlan had similar stories about vampires, so it isn't like she's asking these off base questions - but who's to say if any of those things held any real truth to them when they were simply stories? ]

Is it true with what the stories say about vampires biting people's necks to drink their blood?

[ Hilda may claim to be shy, but most of the time she isn't. Especially when she's comfortable with someone. ]

Can't I just leave it up to you? [ Her laziness rears its head. ] You know me well enough by now. I fully trust that you'll pick something easy and simple for my first dish. Or, you could teach me your favourite dish to make that's also simple and easy.