[ Oh. He isn't convinced. Oh god. She's actually going to have to do her job and convince someone to do something. The Worst Day. ]
I- don't really know what's going on myself. I know that the castle is here. And that Dracula doesn't recruit night creatures for good reasons. And that it'll have moved on by the time I get word to my sisters, so this is something that I have to do. And I know that you're hurt, and that you wanted to get away from here, which I'm guessing means that Dracula hurt you. And I know that you've had about fifteen chances by now to attack me, and that doing so would help you recover. And- please don't do that, by the way, if it just didn't occur to you yet. It'd be a terrible idea. I have a sword.
[ She smiles as she withdraws her cloak. It's pretty obviously fake, but she's trying. ]
I know that I have to go into that castle, and I know that I'll probably die there. But I'll inconvenience Dracula slightly. And I know that my not-dying means at least enough to you to keep you from trying to attack me. And that you probably like inconveniencing Dracula slightly, if he attacked you. If you guide me, I'll be much more likely to survive. And I'll try to make sure you also survive. And I'll inconvenience him more than I would alone. Which sounds like a good deal for you, right?
It is a very rude thought, and for that much, Alucard chides himself. The rest though, the rest means he keeps staring at the Belmont and listening to what is frankly an insane plan. And a business proposition if he's heard it all right: guide the Belmont through the castle and make sure they both survive, and that'll be that.
She's not joking, so he doesn't ask that. Instead he asks:]
Do you truly believe that here, now, in this moment, you are equipped to remotely fight my father?
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I- don't really know what's going on myself. I know that the castle is here. And that Dracula doesn't recruit night creatures for good reasons. And that it'll have moved on by the time I get word to my sisters, so this is something that I have to do. And I know that you're hurt, and that you wanted to get away from here, which I'm guessing means that Dracula hurt you. And I know that you've had about fifteen chances by now to attack me, and that doing so would help you recover. And- please don't do that, by the way, if it just didn't occur to you yet. It'd be a terrible idea. I have a sword.
[ She smiles as she withdraws her cloak. It's pretty obviously fake, but she's trying. ]
I know that I have to go into that castle, and I know that I'll probably die there. But I'll inconvenience Dracula slightly. And I know that my not-dying means at least enough to you to keep you from trying to attack me. And that you probably like inconveniencing Dracula slightly, if he attacked you. If you guide me, I'll be much more likely to survive. And I'll try to make sure you also survive. And I'll inconvenience him more than I would alone. Which sounds like a good deal for you, right?
and like a genius I missed this tag!
It is a very rude thought, and for that much, Alucard chides himself. The rest though, the rest means he keeps staring at the Belmont and listening to what is frankly an insane plan. And a business proposition if he's heard it all right: guide the Belmont through the castle and make sure they both survive, and that'll be that.
She's not joking, so he doesn't ask that. Instead he asks:]
Do you truly believe that here, now, in this moment, you are equipped to remotely fight my father?