[Oh, he's not saying that the vampire hasn't rightly earned it. Walter would definitely be sulking himself if he were stuck in such an outright insulting situation.

It doesn't change the fact that the vampire is sulking, however.]

If you weren't sulking, you wouldn't have said there was nothing to be done about it. So unless you've changed your mind...

[It's a bait-- a challenge for the vampire to do something. He doesn't know where it will lead, but whereever it does, it's sure to be better than watching his partner be morose and listless.]