[Gideon bites back on a laugh at the look on Alucard's face as he takes a sip, though good-natured mirth shows around the edges of her expression.]

I dunno. I just asked for something cheap and cheerful that would help keep the desert chill off, you know?

[She delicately avoids making further mention of what Ciri may have seen, a twinge of guilt striking at her breastbone at the suggestion of making someone else's life worse. She thinks she can guess at what he may have unwittingly shown her, and as for her-- well. Impalement was involved. The less said, perhaps, the better.

So instead she focuses on his first question.]

Not very. I guess if we bring back something that obviously identifies them, like a tooth, we're good. They weren't that keen the time I brought back the heads anyway, so if they end up all torn up to shit I don't think it matters.