"Not...exactly." Ivy had successfully talked him into a corner here, though. He'd honestly been looking at finding an excuse to ask her out for a while now, but some part of him had always thought better of it. He'd seen what she was capable of, or at least a taste of it, but he'd also resisted it, though. That had to count for something, didn't it?

"Okay, okay, you've got a point." He knew she wasn't talking about him, but he also knew she was beating herself up over things that were beyond her control and that there was no call for it. She might have been born a vampire, and that might end up winning out in the end, but she had right now, she had herself, and maybe with some effort he could prove that to her. "I know, I'm a wizard who does magic in his off-time. You got me."