I understand. [Alucard inclines his head, just for a moment.]

It'll draw attention to us, but only after a few days of the vessel being understood as missing. It's hardly ideal, but it's so much safer than them returning word to my father that we live.

[Alucard shudders a little. This is scary. He can't lie about that simple fact. Nor can he be happy about taking lives.]

I'd offer to navigate as a wolf, but I'm still too obvious in that form. Perhaps if my fur was darker, it'd be plausible but--

[What, they're gonna put a coat on him?]