[The castle doors open without Alucard uttering a word or even gesturing. He simply starts walking towards them, and they open just enough to let both men pass through.]
If I was a creature of hubris, I might say something about what my father's defeat required. But I refuse to invite ruin upon this house by tempting the fates, and you have a far stronger measure of the man than I ever will.
[Alucard's words don't echo in the main hall, which has been set to rights. Oh, there are still scars of battle on the floor and along the walls, but anything well and truly destroyed has long since been replaced. Alucard keeps walking, past the grand staircase and off to the side, staring down a corridor.]
It may be a game, but it is also vengence for an idealized version of a man. [The Dracula of legend. Not the one who spent twenty years living a life as ordinary as anyone else's.]
I have no interest in defending anything but this home and my... [nope don't say anything kind of relationshippy, that's just rude Alucard] those who share this place with me. So answer me this: is he inclined to come for the three of us and save you for last, or vice versa?
[Alucard's debated how to address the hammer being out. He doesn't like it, not one bit.] Please keep that thing closer to the ground unless absolutely required.
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If I was a creature of hubris, I might say something about what my father's defeat required. But I refuse to invite ruin upon this house by tempting the fates, and you have a far stronger measure of the man than I ever will.
[Alucard's words don't echo in the main hall, which has been set to rights. Oh, there are still scars of battle on the floor and along the walls, but anything well and truly destroyed has long since been replaced. Alucard keeps walking, past the grand staircase and off to the side, staring down a corridor.]
It may be a game, but it is also vengence for an idealized version of a man. [The Dracula of legend. Not the one who spent twenty years living a life as ordinary as anyone else's.]
I have no interest in defending anything but this home and my... [nope don't say anything kind of relationshippy, that's just rude Alucard] those who share this place with me. So answer me this: is he inclined to come for the three of us and save you for last, or vice versa?
[Alucard's debated how to address the hammer being out. He doesn't like it, not one bit.] Please keep that thing closer to the ground unless absolutely required.