He hesitated, and then asked, “I don’t suppose you can wait until Mac wakes up to explain everything? He’d probably really rather do it himself,” he pointed out, and when her expression didn’t change, said, “No, huh? Okay, then, how do I— Oh! I know, so you’ve heard of Casper the Friendly Ghost, right?” CJ’s eyebrows rose, but she nodded. “He was a good happy little ghost, not scary like the other ghosts?” CJ nodded slowly again. “Well, we’re like that, only we’re vampires, not ghosts. Happy Casper vampires.”
This. This right here folks. Bricker's explanation has got to be one of the best. Now I need to go back to reread his book again. I think "happy Casper vampires" redeemed the book for me. 👻
