"Sometimes with someone who's lived a long time things like that pass like the blink of an eye." Orpheus smiled, ticking his head as though to say you're telling me. Her immediate rush to fix her phrasing caused a short laugh to escape Orpheus' lips, a laugh only used when trying to warm a potentially icy situation. "Don't mention it - I'm much older than you can imagine." He lifted an eyebrow, quirked a lip, and then lifted his glass to his lips, allowing the liquid to trickle down his throat, effectively putting any talk of his age to and end.
He watched her as she settled, gently appreciating her youthful form, though his paternal gaze did not betray this under-the-surface analyzing. The vampirism ensured he did not age normally, and that he had an unusual amount of strength and athleticism for a man who seemed fifty. Still, life had a way of even making near-immortality tiresome. It was all too bothersome, too monotonous.
As she spoke, he stood, his legs straightening up beneath him and carrying him across the room as he went to refill his glass of wine. "I'd offer you some," he explained, "but it's best you just let the blood work its way through your system unhindered by anything else." As he poured his wine, swirling to see the lighter glints that revealed the blood-infusion, he soaked in the words of this young vampire.
He had long needed an older female vampire to be a positive influence on Finn, to help her remain positive on her superiority. He had his chance. "I wonder..." he said, speaking carefully as he turned to look at her. "I have influences, contacts... Would you like assistance with your problem?"