Eric Northman

2x06 Hard-Hearted Hannah

[Eric is drinking from a woman in the hotel lobby]

WOMAN: Oh, that's it, baby.

ERIC: Baby? [pushes away] I'm over a thousand years old.

WOMAN: Are you not having a good time?

ERIC: There's just not much thrill left in feeding on the willing.

WOMAN: Then should I try pretending not to want it?

ERIC: Only if you're very, very good at it. [goes back to her neck]

WOMAN: Stop! Get off me! You... sick... bloodsucking bastard!

[Eric turns, sees Lorena, and holds up a finger to ask her to wait]

ERIC: [to woman] Off you go. [she gets up and takes his money] Tell your manager you were magnificent. I'll back up your story if he calls. [she smiles and leaves] I was beginning to think you weren't going to accept my invitation, Lorena.

LORENA: For a vampire, you're a terrible liar.

LORENA: Why am I here, Mr. Northman?

ERIC: We want the same thing, you and I. Okay... Bill has something I want, and he's in the way.

LORENA: His human?

ERIC: No, she's something more than human.

LORENA: What is she?

ERIC: Now that, I do not know. But whatever she is, he loves her.

LORENA: What makes you think I want him back? That I'd even take him?

ERIC: [leans forward] Because you didn't come all this way just to see me.

LORENA: I haven't seen Bill Compton in over seventy years. Surely you can't think I have any pull on him whatsoever.

ERIC: I haven't seen my maker for much longer than that, and yet I am still loyal to him. Fiercely loyal.

LORENA: Shame I didn't turn you. Then again, you're not really my type.