[ He tests his wrist a little, not quite slipping it out of the ropes but letting it move about. Better. All the appearances of this stupid idea, with none of the actual immobilisation. ]

Better. Much better.

[ There isn’t much he can do to be careful, like this, but he’s trying. Making sure that the small movements his body makes don’t result in him brushing against Alucard, keeping his breath steady and his voice no louder than a whisper. They’re both of them impossibly careful. ]

You only need to do enough to test. Anything more than that- [ Would be wonderful but- ] -just stop, once you don’t want to do this any more.