Yes, they've been very good. We'll have to pick them up a treat when we reach land.

[Hector doesn't have to reach over Alucard to stroke them. The dogs both know when they are being praised, and their tails wag.]

So what you're saying is, I'll be cooped up tomorrow and should get all of my energy out tonight?

[It's absolutely not what Alucard was saying. But it could be.]