[quote=@LupusIntus]
I know in SOME vampire lores of the modern sort, the weakness to holy symbols comes more from the vampire's own beliefs or the beliefs of the person wielding the symbol. 
[/quote]
Sure is a shame that's not Velvet's lot, she gets laid out by ALL the religious symbols. Shinto counts.

The ultimate power move to get her to leave Max alone, incidentally, is for him to pull an Uno reverse card and bite her. She'll be so confused she'll need to take a while to evaluate.