[It's telling how worn out all of them are by this ordeal, that even after Alucard comes to join them, nothing is said for quite some time. There's a hint of initial tension that radiates off of Vlad (which probably owes to the fact that the moment is being intruded upon by anyone, even their own son), but it's also one that quickly passes when Alucard settles in and Lisa instinctively accommodates him. Like so many thing when it comes to dealing with other people, it seems, Vlad draws instinctive cues from the way that she behaves, becoming more permissive where he sees her permit and allowing himself to be more of a man because she implicitly expects him to be.
And for Lisa, it's a relief to have the three of them together. It's a rare moment of peace that almost makes all the fighting worthwhile; it's certainly one that renders her grateful for the chance to experience it again at all.
His hair is wet and his clothes are clean, so that ticks off a few of the necessary questions already. The next obvious one is to ask if he's eaten, but after a moment she thinks better of it, conscious of Vlad's presence at her side and not really wanting to create a chain association from eating to blood to the blood of humans to, yet again, the ruin he wants to visit upon Târgoviște.
So instead, she chooses something safer, albeit slightly more banal because of it.]
You look as though the rest helped. Did you sleep well?
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And for Lisa, it's a relief to have the three of them together. It's a rare moment of peace that almost makes all the fighting worthwhile; it's certainly one that renders her grateful for the chance to experience it again at all.
His hair is wet and his clothes are clean, so that ticks off a few of the necessary questions already. The next obvious one is to ask if he's eaten, but after a moment she thinks better of it, conscious of Vlad's presence at her side and not really wanting to create a chain association from eating to blood to the blood of humans to, yet again, the ruin he wants to visit upon Târgoviște.
So instead, she chooses something safer, albeit slightly more banal because of it.]
You look as though the rest helped. Did you sleep well?