[He's going to keep calling it tantrums until the rock itself reaches out and tells him to stop. Until that happens? Tantrums.

Alucard hovers by the stove to keep an eye on the pot, but turns so he is facing Himeka for this discussion.]

It'd be old hat if the after effects of the rock's tantrums were easy to predict. Such as it is, we are forced to endure surprise after surprise.

[The distaste in his tone is all too clear.]

You're not wrong about the passage of time though. I feel like everyone marks it, but it has a different texture for those of us that were here first.