[Hilda, he's more likely to make you dinner at this point.

With his face regained, Alucard moves so that his hands are still holding onto Hilda's. It seems as if that gesture helped to ground her, and she may need more of it yet. The eyeroll is an even better sign. They're moving away from the initial aftermath of the nonsense and returning to familiar grooves.]

Also, I'm friends with Jaskier. That also speaks volumes.

[Drama calls to drama. Alucard's just quiet about it until he isn't.]

You could simply call me Adrian. Alucard has only ever been an alias assigned to me by my fellow countrymen. [And before she asks:] It's my father's name, Dracula. But backwards, signifying an opposite. It is not an especially clever nickname.