[The lands surrounding the castle are free of pursuers as far as Hector is able to tell. Now is as good of a time to depart as ever. He lingers at the door for a moment before he goes back in, pressing his palm to the wall and feeling the weird, almost thrumming energy of the castle. This is a time for his goodbyes as well.
He doesn't bother with stealth as he enters again. He lets his boots fall heavy on the floor, giving vampiric ears plenty of forewarning of his arrival.]
You spoil him more than I do. [Hector observes. He wouldn't have thought it, but Adrian son of Dracula might be even more hopeless of a dog person than Hector.] You could get one of your own.
[He whistles, and his friends rush to his side. He tucks the cat in the open messenger back preemptively. The less debris he has to clean out of her exposed legs later, the better. Cesar, he takes in his arms so they aren't limited by the speed of his tiny legs. The others have longer limbs and sturdier frames, and Hector can trust them to follow behind.]
Fare well. ['Try not to get killed by the hordes who will try to storm your father's castle' feels too harsh to voice in the wake of Adrian's departing message to Cesar, so he leaves it at that and turns to leave.]
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He doesn't bother with stealth as he enters again. He lets his boots fall heavy on the floor, giving vampiric ears plenty of forewarning of his arrival.]
You spoil him more than I do. [Hector observes. He wouldn't have thought it, but Adrian son of Dracula might be even more hopeless of a dog person than Hector.] You could get one of your own.
[He whistles, and his friends rush to his side. He tucks the cat in the open messenger back preemptively. The less debris he has to clean out of her exposed legs later, the better. Cesar, he takes in his arms so they aren't limited by the speed of his tiny legs. The others have longer limbs and sturdier frames, and Hector can trust them to follow behind.]
Fare well. ['Try not to get killed by the hordes who will try to storm your father's castle' feels too harsh to voice in the wake of Adrian's departing message to Cesar, so he leaves it at that and turns to leave.]