Well, she wasn't going to feign surprise at the name drop, but then, she didn't really have to because she was surprised at the blatant 'a vampire' tag on. Since it wasn't followed by him going 'grr' and coming after her, maybe this was from a point in his timeline when he wasn't walking around looking for happy meals on legs.

Didn't hurt to check before sharing a bit of her own news.

"You're not gonna try an' eat me, are ya?"