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[cryptsleeper]

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[cryptsleeper]

Good. I...good.

[The proximity between them is practically nothing now. He sighs a little, not focused on the warmth but on the sense of safety involved. Because that's what it is now, isn't it? Safety.]

That's what I want.

[No cages at all. And isn't that the greatest show of trust, going down this road?]

[miraclewhip]

[ He hesitates only a little before reaching up with his free hand, twisting a lock of Alucard's hair around a finger slowly. He's- probably allowed to do that now, right? It's going to take a little getting used to, being allowed to touch Alucard like this, but he's not about to complain. ]

Mine. [ No. ] Ours.

[ It doesn't mean anything here. Alucard can't be bound in his own dream. But he's wanted to say it for the longest time. ]

Until you choose otherwise.

[cryptsleeper]

[There's a momentary stillness in Alucard, but it fades. He too is used to a lack of touch, but this feels...right. Far more than it ever has before.]

Ours if she'll have it.

[Sypha does need to choose this too.]

It may be limited to dreams. Is that still acceptable?

[miraclewhip]

More than acceptable.

[ He releases the lock of hair, content to just look at Alucard in the same way he looks at Sypha, like a moth staring into a flame. ]

I don't know how long it'll take, but as soon as the medicine's safe for humans- be ready to invite her here.

[cryptsleeper]

[That look is...it's a lot. Alucard doesn't know how he feels about being at the center of it, but he doesn't not like it.]

And in the mean time, you'll tell her?

[Alucard knows the answer is yes. He just wants to hear it out loud.]

[miraclewhip]

I will.

[ In truth, he doesn't know how much longer he has here. Dreams are like the queen's lands, time compressed and expanded until it doesn't resemble reality at all. ]

I'll tell her the moment I wake.