I'm not trying to-- [Alucard actually looks embarrassed by that first suggestion, but then he stops, realizing that self defense here is pointless. He's being overly cautious. Refusing to commit to the thing that must be done, and refusing to acknowledge that Hector has well made his choice. His head doesn't drop in shame or anything of the sort, but there is a quiet nod.]

You're right. In all respects. I will try to stop the compulsion to keep offering escape hatches. If you wanted one, you'd find one.

[Alucard brings himself upright, slowly and carefully. He doesn't wish to step on the maps.]

And no, I would not. Tell me, do you have some kind of bird that we can send as an emissary to the Speakers, rather than having to sail all the way there only to be told to go away?