Has it occurred to you that you may be overly horny, and thus need a counter balance?

[He won't deny she's wrong, and this is the first time Alucard's ever been able to make even the slightest bit light about everything that happened. It is a wonderful little step, and it really could only happen with Gideon. He's accepted that her presence does a lot of good in trusting people again.]

--Just take the cake.

[Because some thoughts are not subtle at all, and it is very good cake.]

As good as any, and we're just two people in a city of thousands. As subtle as neither of us are, it's easier to blend in the background. Ignore the political intrigue to a certain degree. Couldn't do that home. Or in Thorne, in so far as I can tell. [He'll nod slightly, the last part important.] There is also that. Everyone I've remotely gotten along with seems to have settled here.

[He did make this serious. Time to correct that.] Did Harrow ever see the goats?