[Something close to a smile passes over Alucard's face at the attempt to make a joke. It doesn't stay for very long, but it's the first time he's made anything like a pleased or happy face since all of this began.]

Mmm. We should only be apart for a short window though. [The reason being obvious: you don't split the party. Not in this much danger.]

I'm sure that it did. [Alucard can't see Cesar being Hector's only pet.]

Being a wolf means that dreams are simpler right now. That's all.

[Alucard shreds a little bit more of the jerky, and he holds it low at Cesar's level. If he has to talk about an Emotion, he's doing it with a dog in his lap.]