Oh, you meant the mattress. And here I thought you were objecting to my company.

[ They're close enough now to see that Sypha's horse is still missing. She's not expected back for a few more days, but it'd have been nice if she were early.

But her absence does mean that even back in the castle, there's going to be little escaping this. He leans his head against Alucard's again, taking on a tone of badly feigned sympathy. ]

My poor, dearest princeling, laid low by a terribly uncomfortable mattress.