[He doesn't notice the light. Alucard does feel the tension on his shoulder, and he strains against it out of instinct. The last time his father laid hands on him was a bloodied thing. There's no trust. Just shattered emotions that have only since been ground into fine powder.
Alucard's riding out the terrible swell of emotion that has since risen up and come thundering down, not unlike how tsunamis come in and then wreck every precious thing that has been built up. That....that's a good comparison for the moment, isn't it? Alucard's sure of it.
He's having auditory hallucinations. That's the only logical explanation for what he thinks Vlad Dracula Tepes says next. It makes no sense for him to say those things.
It takes a few moments for the worst of the sobs to level out. He's still refusing to look at his father. Still trying to keep his hold on the other two.]
You're....
[He's serious?
Alucard breathes out shakily. Only opportunity.]
Very limited movement. Grocery shopping and the like and...we talk next month. Refine things.
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Alucard's riding out the terrible swell of emotion that has since risen up and come thundering down, not unlike how tsunamis come in and then wreck every precious thing that has been built up. That....that's a good comparison for the moment, isn't it? Alucard's sure of it.
He's having auditory hallucinations. That's the only logical explanation for what he thinks Vlad Dracula Tepes says next. It makes no sense for him to say those things.
It takes a few moments for the worst of the sobs to level out. He's still refusing to look at his father. Still trying to keep his hold on the other two.]
You're....
[He's serious?
Alucard breathes out shakily. Only opportunity.]
Very limited movement. Grocery shopping and the like and...we talk next month. Refine things.