"Yes, but no," Stefan explains, going slow with her. He can sympathize with her mindset, based on her clothing and the way she's speaking. After all, he was a child of an era long gone, once upon a time. It had been an experience within itself to learn that vampires were real. He couldn't imagine being told that little green men from outer space were real, too. Life on other planets hadn't even occurred to him until Wells' War of the Worlds hit bookshelves.

"The word has a double meaning. It can mean people from other countries, but in this instance, it's being used in reference to those from other planets. People not from Earth. From the stars."