[Alucard pauses. A part of him wants to argue Hector's point about humans being more logical and reasonable than beasts, but that isn't the point of this discussion. He asked and said he'd listen. Not debate human nature.

The idea of demons invading villages though? That does give him some pause.]

So you were mostly in the mountains. Did you ever venture towards the east and the land the Turks call their home?

[As a point of clarification there:] They and the Arabic scholars beyond have a far better understanding of physical sciences than those in the west.