[ And he does hang on. And while he's careful to avoid the whole neck thing (not now!!!!) he does lean his head against Alucard's shoulder. It's about 10% a gesture of affection and about 90% 'shit this hurts I'm gonna nuzzle against the vampire for comfort'. ]
I'll be fine. I've had worse from people far less worth the trouble.
[ Okay so on the one hand he can feel Alucard descending into the guilt pit even as they are actually in a literal sense ascending out of the pit of horrible things. And he does genuinely want to help. On the other he has the emotional intelligence of a turnip and that is very much the voice of someone who's just broken a bone and is trying to sound casual about it. ]
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I'll be fine. I've had worse from people far less worth the trouble.
[ Okay so on the one hand he can feel Alucard descending into the guilt pit even as they are actually in a literal sense ascending out of the pit of horrible things. And he does genuinely want to help. On the other he has the emotional intelligence of a turnip and that is very much the voice of someone who's just broken a bone and is trying to sound casual about it. ]