[Alucard nods once, satisfied with the response. So long as it isn't in the open, he won't worry. The man has never given the dhampir the sense he can't look after himself. A small miracle, some days.]

I am as well. I keep wondering if there's some sort of metaphor at play here, some break through we have to have, but then I say those words out loud and realize how ridiculous they sound. [He sighs, reaching up to tug a stray piece of vine out of his hair.]

This is the worst the Horizon has acted up since I've arrived here.