You can always find a spell to keep yourself quiet for an hour.

[Alucard's tone is serious, making it harder to tell if he's kidding or not. He can be dry as the desert outside of Cadens, aftr all.]

At least you know you were an idiot in retrospect. That's worthy of some note in and of itself. [Alucard himself is too young to suggest another factor might be youth, enthusiasm, or anything else along those lines. Which is probably for the better, as he would come off as far too condescending.]

So long as your hand isn't forced. [For obvious reasons and concerns.] I've wondered how likely it is that simply existing here and functioning within their systems counts as interfering or making decisions.

[To invent is to potentially impact the world here, it seems.]