Josef and Mick were playing cards at Josef's office. The options were limited with only two players so Josef brought up a subject they had thought about lately: "Should we start another poker group?"

"Will anyone want to play with us? The last guys got firebombed."

"That's unlikely to happen again, Mick, and it's very hurtful of you to mention it," Josef said in a mock wounded voice.

"I'm sure that will stop me next time. Guillermo's a good player but he has a regular job with rotating night shifts. It's hard for him to get away."

"Still, working in a morgue is kind of a dream job for a vampire."

"He knows it. G's not planning a career change anytime soon. And Logan won't leave his basement for poker."

"Young vamps today, it's all electronics."

"Yeah, he might be interested if we played online."

"Ryder is out. He's still in South America."

"I thought that Pentagon thing had cooled off."

"It has, he just likes it down there."

"This is pathetic. There must be 400 vampires in L.A. and we can't get together a poker table."

"We're not pathetic, Mick, we're exclusive. But seriously, I think we need more guys. We end up talking about sex all the time."

"It's your favorite subject. That and making money. Besides, we've always talked about sex on poker night. It's a guy thing."

"I thought women talked about sex more than men. How can we be so different if we're all talking, and usually about the same thing?"

"Because it's not together. Men talk more to men and women talk more to women. And men hardly ever talk about sex with women."

"Well, it is more of an opportunity for action than discussion."

"You're certainly a sensitive guy, Josef. I wonder why you are actually successful with women. Wait, I remember now, you pay them."

"I pay to drink their blood. The sex isn't included. And I don't usually sleep with my freshies. But go on with your fascinating theory about men and women and sex."

"Men talk about sex in general but there's an unspoken rule against getting too personal about your partner. For women, sex in the abstract isn't so interesting. They're all about the details. They need to get specific. And so it follows that Beth and Simone have deconstructed every date, analyzed every emotion, dissected every word we ever said, and compared our equipment and technique."

"Equipment-wise we have nothing to worry about."

"Thanks for checking out my package. I've never noticed yours."

"Oh, come on, we were all naked for that midnight swim last week."

"Okay, so there's no problem with equipment. Now, I can't speak for your technique but I don't think mine is lacking."

"I'm sure it's fine but in that area I do have 300 years more experience."

"And in that 300 years how have you not figured out this men-women stuff?"

"Human nature hasn't changed much but talking about everything is a more modern phenomenon. You're the expert this time."

"Stick with me, buddy. You'll catch up."

"Adapt or die - the motto of a successful vampire."

"And you're living proof, Josef. Except for the living part."