Contacts can be renewed, of course, and the black market is one Alucard intends to focus on. The reasons are selfish this time around, as there is a hope that the books marked with his father's ex libris might be in circulation. If the castle stands, Alucard doesn't have any illusions about how complete the library is likely to be. There is family property to reclaim, and he knows the value of most of his family's heirlooms. There will be survivors, and they will be in circulation.
Alucard's found the claw he's looking for. It's at the depth he expected, and he makes no move to excavate the bone. He simply marks the depth on his page, and lets out a noise of satisfaction. This is as much data as he can extract without going all in with shovels.
"Then thank you." There's a second compliment in there, because knowing how to ask the right questions is something of a point of professional pride. There is then silence, because Alucard is calculating a few things on the page. Mostly how long it would take for the skeleton to become fully covered, if the depths he's looked at so far are truly representative for multiple centuries.
"If you're to lean on university contacts, I would be curious to know if there's earlier studies made of the bones, either this set or the other two. Being able to track the changes would be useful for interpreting their current states."
Alucard's work was of a different stripe. He usually was on his own for research and theory, and it wasn't as if he had a home institution to work out of. (Being nerds with his parents is a very different thing.) Working in a group was rare. He had done only two or three digs like this in his lifetime.
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Alucard's found the claw he's looking for. It's at the depth he expected, and he makes no move to excavate the bone. He simply marks the depth on his page, and lets out a noise of satisfaction. This is as much data as he can extract without going all in with shovels.
"Then thank you." There's a second compliment in there, because knowing how to ask the right questions is something of a point of professional pride. There is then silence, because Alucard is calculating a few things on the page. Mostly how long it would take for the skeleton to become fully covered, if the depths he's looked at so far are truly representative for multiple centuries.
"If you're to lean on university contacts, I would be curious to know if there's earlier studies made of the bones, either this set or the other two. Being able to track the changes would be useful for interpreting their current states."
Alucard's work was of a different stripe. He usually was on his own for research and theory, and it wasn't as if he had a home institution to work out of. (Being nerds with his parents is a very different thing.) Working in a group was rare. He had done only two or three digs like this in his lifetime.