[Under the table, there's a very, very soft nudge from Alucard. He saw the hand he just. Everything's tiresome already. He'll take her hand later. In the sunshine.]

Oh, I imagine that they'll forgive him. If he misses things, then it's a whole heavenly host of speculation for them, and I imagine that counts as a blessing.

[They're a little too on the nose, those Church Ladies.]

We need him for the work. Also, I think knitting is at 3 today, and I expect to be done by then.