[Need. Not want. Because what he needs to take blood without a moment's hesitation here, and Alucard knows himself. He won't touch it at all if Sypha is present. Such things are best served warm, so...so this must be done.
He nods once to show that he'll bear it as best he can. At any other moment he'd put a kiss to her forehead or stroke her cheek before departing, but that can't be done here either. Mourning is mourning after all.
(After tonight, he will have to transition to colors. Hers, perhaps, blue is not so bad a match with golds and blacks and moonlight whites.)]
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He nods once to show that he'll bear it as best he can. At any other moment he'd put a kiss to her forehead or stroke her cheek before departing, but that can't be done here either. Mourning is mourning after all.
(After tonight, he will have to transition to colors. Hers, perhaps, blue is not so bad a match with golds and blacks and moonlight whites.)]
I'll see you presently.