Koln's taken aback by Clover. How could she think that he likes Ruby more? It is an odd way of putting it, he feels differently about Ruby sure, but he would never be able to choose between one or the other. Granted, yes, Ruby has never locked Koln up in a room all by himself, but perhaps Koln should be locked up in solitary confinement, he is losing his mind afterall.
"Clover, I would die for either of you, never forget that. Now with regards to this hunter, I pray that he is not walking with Grace. If not, then he should not notice we're vampires, however if he does walk in the Light, then yea he will be onto us at first sight. However, I sincerely doubt we are likely to cross paths with him because, and this answers your next question, he is most likely to hunt during the day."
"You see, the conventional and intelligent way of hunting a vampire is to wait until it is middle of the day, when the fiend is likely to be at rest. The hunter, upon receiving intelligence of where his prey slumbers, will enter his 'nest' and slay him there. This is preferable to fighting him during the night, but there is some difficulty in this approach too. Firstly, if the vampire is smart, he will most likely have a sentry or two posted outside of his 'nest', usually a willing human or a ghoul. No fear though, hunters such as myself are specially trained in sentry removal, adopting numerous modern and ancient techniques, many of which incorporated by present military and the ancient Koga ninja, but I'm rambling. After the hunter is inside he will find the resting vampire. Now contrary to popular belief, a vampire's 'nest' could simply be an apartment, not a dark cave or catacombs, although that is not unheard of."
"Another problem is if this vampire nests with others. After working on the first vampire, it might awaken and alarm the others. If this vampire acts in a group, the hunter would be wise to bring a couple of friends to simultaneously slay the other vampires."
"Now not all vampires demise in similar fashion, some implode, some explode, some go quietly while others will make you wish you did not have ears. Now as you recall from Hebrew Scripture, David slew Goliath not with the sling, but by cutting off his head. Similar to hunting a vampire, the stake, like a sling, merely incapacitates the vampire, binding it to the Earth and in that instant the hunter can decapitate his prey. It is essential that the stake, or whatever pointy object you use, pierces the vampire's heart. Contrary to popular belief, the heart is actually in the center of your chest and just very slightly to the left. This is important Clover, if you miss the heart the vampire can easily move with the stake still inside it, and lunge at you."
"After removing the head the hunter would burn the remains, in my case I prefer to do so while cheerfully singing a psalm. I have also read about hunters blessing the corpse after putting garlic in the severed head's mouth and eye sockets before burning it. Do this if you wish for added insurance, but I myself have never done that and my prey has stayed dead to my knowledge. If you do not wish to cut off your prey's head, then a point blank shotgun blast will work just as well, just make sure you rupture the vampire's cranium while destroying its brain. Nothing too fancy, you don't need a special silver bullet, this a vampire afterall, not a werewolf."
Koln smiles, looking up at Clover whom seems slightly shocked at how calmly this priest describes slaying vampires. "Clover, it is permissible to kill in the name of God, never doubt that. You recall Numers 35:33, I'm sure, 'So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.' In other words, murdering a murderer is not only allowable, but virtuous in the Eyes of God."
