"Oh, we were always very secretive," says Nathan, waving a hand. "Her Majesty has been working on undoing that in the least disruptive way possible. She wishes to eventually turn every human who'll take the syringe - it's all very clean and clinical nowawdays - and thereby end death." He gestures at himself. "Or at least put it off. I really have no idea how someone managed to kill me. Probably magic was involved. Anyway. In 2000 she hadn't even taken over and the vampires were ruled by much nastier fellows; she didn't manage the trick until 2011. By and large you'd only know about vampires if one bit you, this way or that."