At any other time, the sight of Daine fetching a stick would give Peter a fit of giggles, but right now he's in no mood to be comforted, let alone amused. He hesitates, but takes the stake somewhat pointy stick. "Jesus," he breathes, realizing this makes him the only one theoretically equipped to kill the vampire if when it strikes. Somehow possessing the weapon doesn't make him feel much better about possessing the responsibility. He looks around sharply, hair on the back of his neck standing on end. He has a weapon and the vampire is probably watching and knows. Will that make it attack them just on principle?

"If it's near us, it knows what we're doing," Cascia mutters to Coromotto. "They can see in the dark a hell of a lot better than any of us can."