[Hector steps in beside Alucard and begins wordlessly measuring our ingredients. Alucard is a genius; he should be able to keep up without Hector coddling him.]

I always make arrangements for my pets when I go out. I never know when I’ll run afoul of an angry mob and be away longer than I planned.

[So Hector is staying the night, he guesses. It’s no more or less bizarre than any of the rest of this.]