[Alucard’s golden-eyed gaze is intense, and Hector squirms under the scrutiny.]
You don’t have to make it sound like I’m some lovestruck maiden you’re leaving at shore.
[He growls, struggling to give voice to his thoughts. He has never had a friend before, at least not a humanoid one. Alucard is not that, but it feels like he could become it, with time.]
You’ve sailed on my ship. You’ve eaten my food. You've bandaged my wounds. You’ve spoiled my dog. You could have killed me when first we met, but you did not, because in spite of your withdrawal, you are good.
[These are facts that Hector can lay before Alucard as points of evidence to his argument.]
Considering all of that, were you in my place, would you be content to leave such a man to venture into an enemy’s stronghold without backup?
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You don’t have to make it sound like I’m some lovestruck maiden you’re leaving at shore.
[He growls, struggling to give voice to his thoughts. He has never had a friend before, at least not a humanoid one. Alucard is not that, but it feels like he could become it, with time.]
You’ve sailed on my ship. You’ve eaten my food. You've bandaged my wounds. You’ve spoiled my dog. You could have killed me when first we met, but you did not, because in spite of your withdrawal, you are good.
[These are facts that Hector can lay before Alucard as points of evidence to his argument.]
Considering all of that, were you in my place, would you be content to leave such a man to venture into an enemy’s stronghold without backup?