Helen can't help but laugh when he mentioned the virgin bit because that was just such a carefully curated bit of absolute nonsense that she cannot believe it still persisted in this day and age. And yet, it had.

"Pigeons, yes. The man loved his pigeons. Virgin? Hardly. I slept with him myself. I know he's no virgin. He's just choosy, is all, and he put out the virgin bit to get out of romantic entanglements so he could fake his death when it was obvious he wasn't ageing. He's immortal, you see, on account of being a vampire. The same vampire Source blood I took? The effects were a bit more...true to source with him."