Caroline sighed, reclining herself against a seat. That May, always a flirt. Even having a daughter and a loving husband hadn't changed her. Some things never changed. The old vampiress sight rested on Klaus. "Hah, it is surprising, isn't it?" She answered. "How things appear and seem to you." She smiled, her typical smug smile of hers. "What belongs to a vassal, belongs to a lord by proxy. So in the strict sense, this isn't mine, however, I can make use of it as I see fit." The Serpent chuckled. "And oh, do I know the owners. Both of them owe me their lives now."

She playfully looked at her nails. "May for example, was just a teenage with a dream, so she ran from home. And in the world of men, she was easy prey. She was used, and abandoned overdosing in an alley. And I found her. I saved her, and used her as a counter eyecatch at my clinic."  Her stared returned to Klaus, fixating her eyes on him. "As for Johann, he was a cab driver I found bleeding to death after a taxi mugging. He drove my ambulance for years." 

"And then i caught them in the middle of business in a locker." She let out a laughter. "It was a good laugh, I tell you. The rest is a life history, I guess, mon cheri!" Caroline said, slamming the table as she stopped laughing.

"Of course eventually they learned of my nature, without me revealing it. I try to keep the Octus nominally appeased, see? But decades and decades of saving life and make the backstreets of chicago a slightly livelier place make people flock at you I guess." Her tone stopped being teasing once more.

"Treat your soldiers like your own sons and they'll follow you to the deepest Valley, Klaus. The Octus is far too dimsighted, and too caught in centuries old stereotypes to realize we all are connected as a whole. I can have 20 or 30 people ready to become vampires and fight for us at the snap of a finger. But of course, the Octus will -question- me if I do it right away. I may need others to support me, and agree with me."

She then looked at an approaching girl in her early twenties, which was somewhat nervous and shaky. She was a bit scrawny, but she had fair skin and blonde hair. She wore tattered jeans and a tubetop. And of course a snake tatoo. "H...hi." She ventured to say. "I...um... excuse me." The blonde sat next to Klaus blushing heavily. "I'm your...ah..." She added as she exposed her pink, pale neck.

"But for now, enjoy your drink, Klaus. Just don't squeeze and scare her too much." Caroline smugly eyed the two.