Two vampires introduce you to their world

I am beginning to wonder if this mentoring is a good idea.  I don’t feel I’m close enough to you in location or in perspective to be an effective mentor.
We are engaged in a serious activity here, yet you ask me questions about a 1930’s movie star who has a name that only a deaf [...]

While you seem to be intent on scolding me for prying into your personal life, Grandpa Allistair, I’ll have you know that my questions are not random. I hang out with other, younger vampires out here in LA and I need to know what the past was like to find out why the present is [...]

My Dear Brianna,
Your young and rather immature mind seems to be fixated on trivialities. Your questions are becoming irrelevant and, to be perfectly frank, annoying.
My job is to educate you in the ways of the Vampire, not to cater to your childish whims. Learning about the Vampire World may save your life. The one who [...]

Okay Mr Astaire – I mean Alistair – you never told me if you can tap dance like Fred Astaire. Aren’t I supposed to ask you about anything that puzzles me when it comes to vampires? Well, that’s a question! Do vampires like you (meaning old ones) like to dance and party like the younger [...]

My Dear Brianna,
I shall ignore your puerile comments regarding my name and your obsession with deceased dancers. Your personal problems are not a subject for this discussion.
Q10. How do I handle identification?
In centuries past, identification was simple. For example, when I moved to Victorian London I simply located suitable accommodation and paid the landlord. [...]

I can’t believe you’re 635 years old and you aren’t sick of your name.  I plan to change my name a lot, just to keep things interesting.  I mean, in fifty years, no one is going to believe me when I say that I am Brianna Williamson.  Which brings me to another question:
Q10. How do [...]

My Dear Brianna,
I am 635 years old.  In that time I have seen many changes: Scotland assimilated by the damn English,  America rebelling against damn English rule, the French rebelling against the oppression of their aristocrats and creating worse oppression in the process, World War I, World War II, atomic bombs, rockets to the moon, [...]

You seem to be unable to change with the times, Mr. Grumpy Old Man Allistair.  So, I’ll call you Allistair… for now.  Since you’re so old, I’ll be nice to you, because I’ve heard that the older you get, the more particular and set in your ways you become.  So, here are some more questions:
Q8. [...]

My Dear Brianna,
I understand that in the modern world such virtues as good manners and respect for one’s elders seem to have all but vanished from the ken of man.  However, in the Vampire World these virtues, along with humility, self-discipline and patience, are still practiced, at least amongst those of us who were turned [...]