And Carmilla would find a way to weasel out of this if she didn't know that she would. That she hasn't means she has a reason to be confident or she's not planning to fight fair.

[ It's a little better, at least. He still fucking hates this. Alucard still thinks he's right. But he can talk about it, for now, without hearing someone else choose death over what protection he can offer them. Without every word out of Alucard's mouth morphing into I have never known. ]