Mmm. The reason for that, my exhaustion in hearing about it aside, is how bad it is. There's been seven births in the last thirty years, and just less than half of them are in my family. there's been no births in the last decade, and more and more of the old guard are fading away in their sleep.

[ A beat, and she drums her fingers on the table. ]

It's not too hyperbolic to think vampires are dying out.