I know. And you have less crud in your hair than I do.

[Alucard does note how Hilda wiggles. He's going to be polite and not comment on it, but he will continue to go slowly. To let his fingernails ever so gently scrape against her scalp when they can, just because he knows how soothing it can be.

That's most of the tangles done with, it seems.]

I did. I apologized. He took my point about being emotionless. It...[He pauses, careful as he sections Hilda's hair into an even part. It is to buy time while he finds words.] I think that no matter what happens, if our lifespans exceed that of a normal human, Viktor will want to move beyond human flesh. And I will never agree with that decision.