"I mean..." he considered it, "I guess you could just stay in at night, it's not like too much is going to happen during the day."

Unless the vampires had daylight rings.

"But I don't know. Sometimes you get tired of being afraid."

As a small prey animal, he got plenty of fear, but at the end of the day, he had the desire to push back, too. Just not...seek out trouble specifically, but at least to be ready to push back. In case someone pushed.