Innominate. It wasn't on purpose I assure you, they simply appeared one day while I was alone with my thoughts. There's other details too, but I'm not sure that we need to dwell on them now.

[He closes the freezer door shut so he can take stock of what remains on the tables. There's a soft sigh. At least it comes with a soft laugh because everything about the soup is just so silly.]

I wouldn't mind if the rib just stayed inside of me. It's this externalization, all these...outside bones....that's the problem.

[With Jaskier's forehead against his, Alucard pauses. There's something else he has been thinking about with the passage and the sudden snap of time, and frankly, there's something else he should say.]

The only good thing I am walking away with is I know who can be a stable source of support in my life. Constant. Unwavering. And you were and very much are that, Julian. I think you have some idea of how much that means to me.

[The next part is still a little nerve wracking, but only because before, it had not been real. Alucard leans in and puts his lips to that of his friend's gently, aware that this is no shared vision.]