[Alucard has the grace to look properly embarrassed. Of course Jaskier wouldn't ask. Why should he? He's had to recover himself, and how much additional effort must it take to look at what is happening and not feel a burden of sorts? The dhampir's hands clamp down tighter around the wine glass, applying pressure that puts a crack in the glass. Hardly intentional, but it says everything.

He's gotten used to not feeling delicate over the past several months. The threat to return to the state makes every part of him hurt, even if the reasons are completely understandable.

Better to talk about the practical.]

Some of them. And there were others I came across in my research that have proven useful. It's such clever and practical magic, and there's-- [Hell, he's said as much to Ciri.] There's familiarity. The mechanisms that allowed my father's castle to move from place to place didn't operate on magic like this, but there are shared elements.

[He can at least redirect the conversation, if Jaskier's curiosity wins out. He hopes it will.] I'll...I don't know who I'll reach out to first. But I'll take care of it tomorrow.