[Alucard's panicking splutters and then stops. Hector's right. He isn't delicate, and Alucard isn't about to argue otherwise. Hector is Hector and can manage just fine.

It doesn't stop him from letting out a soft noise of relief.]

Good.

[He's just going to pet Cesar now. To calm down his heart rate.]

The mers just checked in. It'll be a few more minutes yet. When that happens, we could possibly ask them to steer us through the wreck, rather than swimming on our own.