[It's a simple, terse answer and it comes paired with the vampire trying to withdraw from the and that's on him. The good news is that he manages, but in doing so he flinches and sucks in a sharp breath. It's a giveaway that he's done something stupid instead, and the very, very last thing that he wants to deal with right now is a Belmont response to what will be seen as recklessness.
So Alucard braces both palms on the ground and forces himself upright, ignoring how that gets the knife still inside him twisting and cutting up more of his insides.]
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[It's a simple, terse answer and it comes paired with the vampire trying to withdraw from the and that's on him. The good news is that he manages, but in doing so he flinches and sucks in a sharp breath. It's a giveaway that he's done something stupid instead, and the very, very last thing that he wants to deal with right now is a Belmont response to what will be seen as recklessness.
So Alucard braces both palms on the ground and forces himself upright, ignoring how that gets the knife still inside him twisting and cutting up more of his insides.]
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