Speaking of how she functions [And here Alucard raises his voice, projecting it loudly so Carmilla can be heard, relying on his father's awful penchant for the dramatic], here is the part where she tests all her pretty little words out against us to try and throw us off guard. All the better to attack us with.

Our family is low hanging fruit, of course. Awful and bound to work.

[He smashes the iron with a little too much gusto. It's good, having something to smash at all. The satisfying noise of falling chains but---

Trevor probably can't stand.

Alucard dives in so he can catch that fall.]