Could've fooled me. Not your best look either.

[Alucard does not doubt that the joke will fall flat, because what Gideon describes sounds like an actual nightmare to him. Not just the lengths that she went to get out of the House (and now, having caught a glimpse of the place, he gets it even more), but by how close she missed the chance to escape.

Sure, it all worked out in the end for a time (and guess who really hates the whole set up of that system! It's Al!) but it doesn't change the dhampir's dislike for anything related to Gideon's homeworld that isn't Gideon.]

As relieved as I am that it worked out, I can't imagine what it was like at the time. And may I say: your tombmates need to learn a little restraint in the decorative arts.