[Hey, he managed emotional intelligence this entire conversation! That's huge!]

I don't know, Belmont.

[That honesty is much easier. He doesn't know and there's no value in lying about that, so he won't. Alucard doesn't know because his mind is trying to run in every direction at once.

So he does the easiest thing right now, which is walk over to the counter and pour himself a glass of the white that's been left out.]