[ He hadn't realised, in truth, how badly Leon had injured him. Everyone had been hurt in the aftermath of the battle and been too glad to be alive for it to matter. Compared to the humans, with his natural healing closing the surface wounds, he seemed the picture of health. And in their absence, there was nobody to notice slurred speech. The constant headaches and dizziness became something that he adjusted to. The trail of dried blood from one ear that he noticed every now and then was concerning, but never enough to do anything. What action would he have even taken about that?
Sypha had laughed the first time he forgot what he was talking about mid-sentence when they came back. The second, she had seemed concerned. The third, something like guilt crossed over her face. She poked at the side of his head. She had Alucard poke at the side of his head. They got scared. Talked about skull fractures. And then he'd been confined to bed for the last few days, with each of them taking turns to make sure he had a consistent supply of blood. More than he was really comfortable taking. More than they could afford to give in such a short period of time, even with the burden shared between them.
Alucard was the first to struggle, because of his refusal to drink the horrible tea if Sypha is to be believed. By the time Trevor was up and about, his legs were starting to fail him as he walked. He'd caught him and carried him to a guest room. ]
Food.
[ He says it before he enters the room with a tray. It's a few hours later now. Sypha's taken his ability to catch a falling alchemist as proof of health, at least enough to let him work around the kitchen. ]
AWKWARD RELATIONSHIP DISCUSSIONS
Sypha had laughed the first time he forgot what he was talking about mid-sentence when they came back. The second, she had seemed concerned. The third, something like guilt crossed over her face. She poked at the side of his head. She had Alucard poke at the side of his head. They got scared. Talked about skull fractures. And then he'd been confined to bed for the last few days, with each of them taking turns to make sure he had a consistent supply of blood. More than he was really comfortable taking. More than they could afford to give in such a short period of time, even with the burden shared between them.
Alucard was the first to struggle, because of his refusal to drink the horrible tea if Sypha is to be believed. By the time Trevor was up and about, his legs were starting to fail him as he walked. He'd caught him and carried him to a guest room. ]
Food.
[ He says it before he enters the room with a tray. It's a few hours later now. Sypha's taken his ability to catch a falling alchemist as proof of health, at least enough to let him work around the kitchen. ]