[ And, naturally, Leon proceeds to do his utmost best to get lost. He ignores the paths the house presents him with, going through doors he shouldn’t, up and down stairways that the castle meant to lead him away from and through at least two secret passages that he only knows of because four centuries ago Mathias once drunkenly told him about how cool it would be to hide a door in a bookcase. As soon as he is confident that he is out of Dracula’s earshot (oh, he will know. But he won’t know right away.) ]
Castle, if you show me to where the son is, I will leave you willingly once my business is done.
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[ And, naturally, Leon proceeds to do his utmost best to get lost. He ignores the paths the house presents him with, going through doors he shouldn’t, up and down stairways that the castle meant to lead him away from and through at least two secret passages that he only knows of because four centuries ago Mathias once drunkenly told him about how cool it would be to hide a door in a bookcase. As soon as he is confident that he is out of Dracula’s earshot (oh, he will know. But he won’t know right away.) ]
Castle, if you show me to where the son is, I will leave you willingly once my business is done.