Don't joke about that. [It isn't a rebuke, but there's a sharpness in Alucard's voice that makes it clear that in terms of things he wants to think about, Jaskier dying is not one of them. Especially since he knows the limits of his own blood.] You were making a different point though, with Ciri and Geralt.

[Please, less death.] You have the right measure of embarrassment. Plus it is a little arrogant to assume that there was one composed about - what, a sad man who draws and sometimes howls at the moon? [He is guessing here.] Wait...how many are there?