Jean-Claude flicks a wider smile at the use of his native language back at him. It does not matter how terrible the accent is, the other vampire has made an effort, and Jean-Claude finds it charming at that.

He nods towards the gift and offers Cooper something of a shrug. "It is only a little something. I hope you will make good use of it, and you do not think it is too... Old-fashioned of me," he adds, with the curve of another grin. For inside the box is none other than a genuine fountain pen. Obviously expensive, and obviously a very good choice in instrument, if one is so inclined to using such things. Which Jean-Claude is himself, of course. Cooper is old enough, he will have had some experience with them though. He hopes.