It's hard not to be a little hurt. A little frustrated. He knows it's not Alucard's fault, that it's nothing to do with them and everything to do with the two corpses in that one horrible room. But it's hard to know that there were two people in the world willing to tolerate him and now there's one and for that not to ache.
He finishes in silence. It's only when the last of the bandages is applied, the parts applied earliest already dried into a second skin, that he speaks again. ]
The incense is burning two rooms down. The door's closed to keep the smoke in but if you need to not think, you can go in there. Sypha and I won't go into that room unless we're invited.
[ He rearranges the blanket. Carefully, trying not to brush the fabric of it over the burns. Brings it up around Alucard's shoulders to wrap it around him. ]
If you don't want us here, we'll leave at dawn tomorrow.
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It's hard not to be a little hurt. A little frustrated. He knows it's not Alucard's fault, that it's nothing to do with them and everything to do with the two corpses in that one horrible room. But it's hard to know that there were two people in the world willing to tolerate him and now there's one and for that not to ache.
He finishes in silence. It's only when the last of the bandages is applied, the parts applied earliest already dried into a second skin, that he speaks again. ]
The incense is burning two rooms down. The door's closed to keep the smoke in but if you need to not think, you can go in there. Sypha and I won't go into that room unless we're invited.
[ He rearranges the blanket. Carefully, trying not to brush the fabric of it over the burns. Brings it up around Alucard's shoulders to wrap it around him. ]
If you don't want us here, we'll leave at dawn tomorrow.