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Catherine's indifference was only due to the fact that she had other concerns on her mind.
With her own sire likely hot on her heels, the wood and it's surrounding areas were likely to be one of the few places he would even begin to look. It also meant that if push came to shove, she could easily cast the gate incantation that would take her out and away from that particular plane. Grigore hadn't yet figured out how to exploit the veil and its magics to his advantage, and that was one of the few things Catherine could count on these days.

"Can't say that I do... but I guess everyone gets hungry?" She lied, empathy and truth wasn't something she was used to affording others these days. But she knew what it was like to be on edge like that. Bound and restricted from accessing even the smallest of scraps of power, it had truly been a nightmare that she was more than glad to be awake from. For so long it had felt like she was drowning again and again, with no one to save her. But that damnable mage had stepped in and offered her a bargain that she would have been foolish to consider refusing, but in the end it had been their downfall.

Abused and exploited by her sire, Grigore Constantin, Catherine had scratched out the barest of plans and neglected to share them with anyone. Even she wasn't sure what they were, except it had lead her here to this cursed and magicked wood. A place where surely she could find safety, if only in the danger of it all. Ingratiating herself with whatever this new faction of vampires was, as repulsive as it sounded, would prove useful. Surely with her power and skill she could easily climb to a position of significant leverage.

Turning her head towards the crack of a twig and shout of another, she considered Xavier's offer. Anyone would have heard the voice and other stumbling through the undergrowth even without preternatural hearing.

"Oh yes! I would appreciate that! I was heading towards the castle, but I got lost. These paths are so confusing, awfully dark, and they didn't tell me which one to take." Catherine answered cheerfully, meanwhile leaning on the words with care to disarm and deflect away from her true nature. It was another lie, but if reduced the suspicion aimed at her. Besides which, if he thought she was just an unlucky human a bit too experienced with the supernatural it would be all the better.
"Take out? What do you mean? Is there a restaurant somewhere?" She asked innocently.