[The floor is good and comfortable. Moreover, it is warm, be it through how Alucard's enginered the house or through the dhampir's willpower within his Domain. Either way, it is a tiny step to try and make sitting in silence a fraction easier to contend with. Alucard can't know how long Jaskier will actually stay. The bard might decide that he needs time apart to process, and Alucard couldn't blame him.
It was always easier to talk about those moments as sad facts and nothing more. That Dracula's death was needed and he did the action as the universe required. The approach removed the emotion of it all, and that is what makes this different from telling others. He shared the basics. Geralt and Gideon did not live through them or see them as they happened, as Jaskier just did.
Alucard does not try and decode everything he saw in Jaskier's mind. It is cruel and invasive. The bard did not share what happened at home for a reason, and Alucard always refused to press for details. It was a matter of respect and it kept things easier to deal with. Trust was talking about those moments in one's own terms, when they were ready for them.
Somewhere, Radu has decided to be annoyed at the rain. Probably. And somewhere in Alucard's mind, he considers how badly they may need to break the silence.]
--Do you wish to know, or are you happier in ignorance?
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It was always easier to talk about those moments as sad facts and nothing more. That Dracula's death was needed and he did the action as the universe required. The approach removed the emotion of it all, and that is what makes this different from telling others. He shared the basics. Geralt and Gideon did not live through them or see them as they happened, as Jaskier just did.
Alucard does not try and decode everything he saw in Jaskier's mind. It is cruel and invasive. The bard did not share what happened at home for a reason, and Alucard always refused to press for details. It was a matter of respect and it kept things easier to deal with. Trust was talking about those moments in one's own terms, when they were ready for them.
Somewhere, Radu has decided to be annoyed at the rain. Probably. And somewhere in Alucard's mind, he considers how badly they may need to break the silence.]
--Do you wish to know, or are you happier in ignorance?