[ She slowly pars her bony fingers, peeking at Alucard from between them. Her eyes dart back and forth between man and landscape, noting the stark redness of his blood that was spilled against the blighted ground she paled so wholly. ]

Eff...effective...

[ Yes, she feels a bit more like herself, no matter how she looks. Himeka lowers her shaky hands slowly and allows her form to collapse like a whale no longer held up by water. The desire to feed no longer providing her enough energy to move. ]

I feel...empty.

[ She lays her head on the ground, still watching him, and licks the stray blood off of her lips despite herself. ]

But it doesn't hurt...not right now. But--...it's not enough. I can feel it.

[ A hunger held back behind a wall, but still testing the mortar. As her desire to share in food and bounty must be mirrored by an equally powerful insatiability. ]

I can't swallow you whole to save a village--