By the door is fine. I'll need to fetch more water in the morning.
[Alucard is being polite. Hector's hospitality is nothing to write home to Daddy Dracula about; he is too caught up in his work to prepare for hypothetical guests. Now that one such guest is here, he is scrambling to do what he can.]
How are we going to be traveling, once we reach the mainland? I have a cart I can use to get the animals to the nearest port. If we're going to be traveling by foot from there, I may need to invest in a beast of burden.
[Does 'invest' mean buying or making? Who can say?]
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By the door is fine. I'll need to fetch more water in the morning.
[Alucard is being polite. Hector's hospitality is nothing to write home to Daddy Dracula about; he is too caught up in his work to prepare for hypothetical guests. Now that one such guest is here, he is scrambling to do what he can.]
How are we going to be traveling, once we reach the mainland? I have a cart I can use to get the animals to the nearest port. If we're going to be traveling by foot from there, I may need to invest in a beast of burden.
[Does 'invest' mean buying or making? Who can say?]