You've no idea. [They can walk away from omens in the sky now. Ciri has what little information the dhampir can offer her about the Hunt. If it brings comfort or greater understanding, so be it. He's respected the request not to pry. He intends to honor it, with nothing more he can give.
Easier to take the piss out of the Belmonts. There's a weary, uneven attempt at a laugh. At playing it all off like this is a normal conversation over drink and not desperately trying to fill in an impossibly awkward silence because of what they just saw from each other.]
What, you've never had your father be hunted for nearly 400 years by the same family for whatever ancient grudge happened between them in another country entirely? [Okay, understatement but.] They took care of other supernatural threats as well, but my father was always the one that loomed largest.
[Sometimes literally. Alucard lets out a long, long exhale. He's nearly melted into the chair now, the awkwardness of this all leaving him wondering what the best means of excusing himself might be. Or if he should. What he's forced upon someone else is...
...there's still that awful sense of responsibility to make sure she can ride out the initial shockwaves.] Do you need something besides the alcohol?
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Easier to take the piss out of the Belmonts. There's a weary, uneven attempt at a laugh. At playing it all off like this is a normal conversation over drink and not desperately trying to fill in an impossibly awkward silence because of what they just saw from each other.]
What, you've never had your father be hunted for nearly 400 years by the same family for whatever ancient grudge happened between them in another country entirely? [Okay, understatement but.] They took care of other supernatural threats as well, but my father was always the one that loomed largest.
[Sometimes literally. Alucard lets out a long, long exhale. He's nearly melted into the chair now, the awkwardness of this all leaving him wondering what the best means of excusing himself might be. Or if he should. What he's forced upon someone else is...
...there's still that awful sense of responsibility to make sure she can ride out the initial shockwaves.] Do you need something besides the alcohol?