[Alucard is set to say something about excuses. To ask if maybe there are limits that need to be stated, otherwise whatever the two have might not work out int he long run. The dhampir also knows that he shouldn't even be speculating, given that the last relationship he had ended with a murder attempt, actual murder, and then impaling corpses on the lawn. It is inappropriate at best, and--

--he blinks. Slow. Then offers Viktor the wine glass again, given that the tone of the statement makes it seem like he could use the damn thing.

There's nothing to say to that. So the better way to think about the whole mess is to reframe it.]

Do you have everything you want here so you can do whatever ridiculous thing you like?

[Actually no. That's not helpful. Alucard realizes it only after he asks. He exhales, then just. Sits himself on the floor, pausing to fan his cape out behind him.

God how did his father manage wearing one all the time?]

You didn't agree for no reason. Are the politics your only concern?