[This is so the opposite of shutting up.]

Don't be ridiculous. This is simply banking on natural talent and skill, and a sense of trust. Or at least that if I can feel comfortable after a little bit of discussion, the same effect might--

[Oh God he's just digging a hole in deeper and deeper, ins't he? Alucard just. Stuffs soup in his mouth and prays that Hector will drop this.]

It's not relevant to the situation!

[Give him a ladder to climb out of that hole.]