I'm touching the fuck out of it right now. Rather wish I wasn't, to be honest. No idea if it's bad to touch or just to be stabbed with, but I'm guessing either way it'd be more pleasant to have it in my hands than in my guts.

[ He pauses before answering, though. The bravado is to buy himself time to think how to describe the situation without causing Alucard too much distress. ]

This side's cold, and- yeah. Hard to move. [ He gestures to the side with the arrow on, if that wasn't obvious. ] Other side is a little stiff, but not too shit. The cold's what I was worried about. It's been spreading.

[ He's FAIRLY CERTAIN that that's not meant to happen. ]