[Of course it isn't a lie. Speakers don't do that, especially not with stories. But this is the worst kind of omen one could recieve at the outset of such a precarious matter. It casts a long shadow.
They're both unnerved. He hates it.]
Mmm.
[It's honest consideration as much as it is acknowledgement that Trevor's as steadfast as he could ever be.]
I'll spend time with him before the group departs in the evening. [Alucard is expected to go, after all. The first kill will be his, as is expected. They've heard tell of a village that has been harboring a priest. That will be the only kill Alucard makes.]
Stay for the night?
[In his own bed, he means. Where it'll be warmer, and another heartbeat will be as soothing as anything amid the panic.]
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They're both unnerved. He hates it.]
Mmm.
[It's honest consideration as much as it is acknowledgement that Trevor's as steadfast as he could ever be.]
I'll spend time with him before the group departs in the evening. [Alucard is expected to go, after all. The first kill will be his, as is expected. They've heard tell of a village that has been harboring a priest. That will be the only kill Alucard makes.]
Stay for the night?
[In his own bed, he means. Where it'll be warmer, and another heartbeat will be as soothing as anything amid the panic.]