[Alucard almost says don't be, but he stops himself. Trevor's often a mystery, but some things are blessedly easy to guess. That he'll take this as a failure of sorts is one of those obvious matters.]
She was smart then. There probably weren't very many in the area at the time, I suppose.
[He's just looking to fill the air right now. Alucard would wish for a quiet, comfortable silence, and that seems to settle as Trevor takes Alucard's hand in his. It isn't as tender as Sypha does so, but there's something there. Some new texture and...
...oh.
The vampire's felt that kind of texture in a gesture before, and it absolutely was the first time Sypha tricked him into holding hands.]
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She was smart then. There probably weren't very many in the area at the time, I suppose.
[He's just looking to fill the air right now. Alucard would wish for a quiet, comfortable silence, and that seems to settle as Trevor takes Alucard's hand in his. It isn't as tender as Sypha does so, but there's something there. Some new texture and...
...oh.
The vampire's felt that kind of texture in a gesture before, and it absolutely was the first time Sypha tricked him into holding hands.]