[ He’d argued the first time Trevor had demanded he be his father. They’d argued the next half dozen or so times, too. Accusations had been made, not unreasonable ones, of bias. Of a Belmont wanting to see vampires suffer for the sport of it. Of a Belmont wanting vampires to be monstrous to justify themselves.

He isn’t argung now, and that’s almost worse. ]

The victim’s sire, if they identify themselves, has the right to act as witness. They’ve yet to-

[ It’s minor details, and he rattles them off one by one. They’re young traditions, younger than many of this city’s vampires, but they are traditions nonetheless. ]

-Should I attend this?

[ Sypha can’t. It goes without saying. But he’d rather not leave Alucard to face his first execution alone. ]