"Those things," he nearly spits, but Alucard catches himself. Lauralae was not of the world when she was alive. She wouldn't understand, not in the way others might. (Trevor. He has to tell Trevor about this. Dragons are Belmont business like nothing else. It'll make a miserable situation worse, but he needs to know.) Alucard tries to calm himself, put as much of his anger aside as he can.

"What you do with that egg is not just about you," Alucard settles on, even if Ellis is still tense and furious. "It is about the world. Those things are giants. It will not listen to you for terribly long. It will outgrow you and the world will not be braced for such a thing's return."

The world. This is about the world. No one should suffer more dragons. "Do you know what it was well and truly like, living in the world with them a century ago? What that war was like when it erupted and turned everyone upon each other for the greed and envy of three dragons?"