I'm sure there are books here that can offer additional theory on conjured matter, although I don't recall it being one of his particular fields of interest. [Alucard breathes out in one long, slow breath. He doesn't like any of this, not one bit.] Is she the first construct you've made in this way, or are there other assistants that are not visible?

[How many tools in the tool box, so to speak.

There's something else familiar in Hector's words, the one about walking away from it that Alucard knows. These kinds of deaths, it seem, bring around nothing but a desire for one's own death in the end, and it's all brought about by love. Learning to be without is the challenge, and...

...now isn't the time for musing on past and future. There's only the present.

And realizing Hector's missed the point. Alucard's face falls, and he looks mildly annoyed all things considered.]

That was an offer to help you plan strategically, Hector.