[You're getting a big ol tip, buddy. Suck it up.

At the suggested compromise, Alucard just laughs. It is soft, passing, but it finishes with a self satisfied grin.]

Which is exactly what I was going to do. A lab break in is enough to unsettle anyone, and I don't want to be cruel.

[Alucard takes a moment, and then looks around to see where the crowds pointedly are not. He realizes that the cactus garden has seemingly no one and--

--he can feel discomfort starting to creep in again. He doesn't like it.]

I think a few of the cacti have begun blooming, if you haven't been able to take a look yet.