Other vampires may be too snobbish to include Damian, but what has this to do with being vampires? This is merely Laurent including an artists in the potential purchase of art. So what if it happened to be one so many of them laughed at? Laurent himself was a bit of a hermit and had little to do with his kind, either, so why should he care what the others think?

Reaching into his his pocket, be produced his calling card and offered it to Damian. "I'm sure tonight is not a good time to discuss business matters. Please feel free to ring me to set up a more opportune evening."