I was mistaken for a man of money and means. That is all.
[He says it much too calmly. Alucard has bore plenty of injuries in the past, most having healed quickly. (The first one he ever received was when he escaped from Carmilla. Her long, long talons for finger nails scarred up his left arm, and the marks from them are still there. He understood why that was later in life, that elder vampires can leave wounds that take their own kind actual time to heal from.) This one isn't because the bulk of the energy is being poured into healing the awful gash from Dracula himself. Sypha's cauterized and gone over Alucard's stitches, but the internal pain is still awful, and he expects it to be awful for a long time yet.
Alucard takes a few steps forward, aware that they're shaky but unable to make himself care.]
It's happened before. Stop worrying, I'll be fine.
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[He says it much too calmly. Alucard has bore plenty of injuries in the past, most having healed quickly. (The first one he ever received was when he escaped from Carmilla. Her long, long talons for finger nails scarred up his left arm, and the marks from them are still there. He understood why that was later in life, that elder vampires can leave wounds that take their own kind actual time to heal from.) This one isn't because the bulk of the energy is being poured into healing the awful gash from Dracula himself. Sypha's cauterized and gone over Alucard's stitches, but the internal pain is still awful, and he expects it to be awful for a long time yet.
Alucard takes a few steps forward, aware that they're shaky but unable to make himself care.]
It's happened before. Stop worrying, I'll be fine.