[There's a grumpy noise at the word cute, but it is all mollified with Trevor's touch (as such things always are.) The quickest way to the vampire's heart is through affection, be he a bat, a wolf, or person shaped.
Like this, sleep comes so easy. So simple. There's only the reassuring warmth of Trevor and Sypha, being tucked somewhere tiny and safe, and then there is rest.
Strangely, bat dreams are closer to person dream. Alucard's wolf form, when it does allow for dreams, are simple. Based on hunting, on running, and he sometimes mimes the actions of dreams in his sleep. As a bat, things are as fully developed as ever, and perhaps that is because to be a bat is to be closer to his vampiric heritage.
It would most certainly explain why when he stirs in dreams, it is with Carmilla beside him, admiring a new piece of torture equipment. The pomander is gone from his neck, but it has been replaced with something far crueler and worse.
His father had refined the concept of a breathing apparatus for when the throat was otherwise closed. It involved placing a tube into the wind pipe, allowing for air to flow freely at a lower point. It was clever. Good for surgery, although his mother had never needed to use it. The hard part was sterilization and keeping the site clean.
It doesn't matter in this particular moment. Alucard is a vampire, he cannot get infected. Alucard is a vampire, which means silver burns. Alucard is a vampire, which means that having a breathing tube made out of silver and his mouth sewn shut with that horrible black thread is the height of agony, and Carmilla knows it.
She's talking. Alucard must make it clear that he isn't listening, or that he's struggling, because there's a hand grabbing his chin and pulling him close so that he can listen properly.
The pain can't be that bad, can it? Mm. Perhaps I've overdone it.
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Like this, sleep comes so easy. So simple. There's only the reassuring warmth of Trevor and Sypha, being tucked somewhere tiny and safe, and then there is rest.
Strangely, bat dreams are closer to person dream. Alucard's wolf form, when it does allow for dreams, are simple. Based on hunting, on running, and he sometimes mimes the actions of dreams in his sleep. As a bat, things are as fully developed as ever, and perhaps that is because to be a bat is to be closer to his vampiric heritage.
It would most certainly explain why when he stirs in dreams, it is with Carmilla beside him, admiring a new piece of torture equipment. The pomander is gone from his neck, but it has been replaced with something far crueler and worse.
His father had refined the concept of a breathing apparatus for when the throat was otherwise closed. It involved placing a tube into the wind pipe, allowing for air to flow freely at a lower point. It was clever. Good for surgery, although his mother had never needed to use it. The hard part was sterilization and keeping the site clean.
It doesn't matter in this particular moment. Alucard is a vampire, he cannot get infected. Alucard is a vampire, which means silver burns. Alucard is a vampire, which means that having a breathing tube made out of silver and his mouth sewn shut with that horrible black thread is the height of agony, and Carmilla knows it.
She's talking. Alucard must make it clear that he isn't listening, or that he's struggling, because there's a hand grabbing his chin and pulling him close so that he can listen properly.
The pain can't be that bad, can it? Mm. Perhaps I've overdone it.
In his sleep, the bat thrashes suddenly.]