[They're doubtlessly being observed. Alucard would bet his life on it. Whoever is responsible, they're probably aware that the two are here. Doubtlessly keen to make all these similarities that exist here and now become even more intense. And if that's going to happen then they three will be tender even when it's strange and inappropriate, like this. Trevor's hand is warm. It's the only warm thing in this entire castle. (Home is warm. Home has comforts because his father cared enough to make sure that when the wisdom of ages was applied, it wasn't just for torturing men. Heated floors, lights, all of that, that was a practical application of so much learned. This horrible place had none of that.)
(He could have done so much had his mother not died. All three of them could.)
With the stairs under foot, Alucard moves slowly. If Trevor loses balance, then he needs to be able to move. But he's steadier now, and that means carefully listening to the memorized passage. Ignoring all of Leon's dramatics, honing in on the content.
There's....there's a lot of dramatics. Painful ones, which is why they have to be tuned out right now. (Privately, Alucard wonders if memorizing these things is a form of torture as well.) The most important part is the last one: it's where the stone was created in full. So there should be notes scattered everywhere, and that shall be the focus. Nothing else. Nothing of turning, nothing of why Walter was what he was, nothing of poisons, nothing else at all.
He reaches the top of the stairs. There's no hesitation to move beyond it, to enter the lab itself. This thing, it demands such coldness. It is so easy to summon ice again. (He has not had to for so very long.)]
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(He could have done so much had his mother not died. All three of them could.)
With the stairs under foot, Alucard moves slowly. If Trevor loses balance, then he needs to be able to move. But he's steadier now, and that means carefully listening to the memorized passage. Ignoring all of Leon's dramatics, honing in on the content.
There's....there's a lot of dramatics. Painful ones, which is why they have to be tuned out right now. (Privately, Alucard wonders if memorizing these things is a form of torture as well.) The most important part is the last one: it's where the stone was created in full. So there should be notes scattered everywhere, and that shall be the focus. Nothing else. Nothing of turning, nothing of why Walter was what he was, nothing of poisons, nothing else at all.
He reaches the top of the stairs. There's no hesitation to move beyond it, to enter the lab itself. This thing, it demands such coldness. It is so easy to summon ice again. (He has not had to for so very long.)]