[ He takes Alucard’s hand as he did before, bringing it to his lips. ]

Adrian Tepes, dearest to our hearts, bearer of a thousand titles that don’t mean shit anymore.

[ And he kisses, first over the ribbon on Alucard’s ring finger and then on his wrist, turning his hand over to press his lips against the inside of it. ]

I don’t have any fucking announcement to make. I just wanted to say that.