[Regis smiles again, just slightly, amused by her candor.]

It would be, for you. The circumstances for myself are rather different. [And somewhat unique, even for vampires as an umbrella term.] Ordinarily, such a thing would kill a vampire... and it will kill them, unless said vampire is one such as myself.

[Even those vampires who fell into the 'higher' classes - katakans, ekimmaras - could be slain by a beheading, but not one like Regis.]

Even the most grievously mortal injuries would not slay me permanently, unless delivered by another one of my own kind.