"You're one of the few people I've met who seems genuinely clear eyed about the matter."

Alucard knows that some of his words come from his own biases. A dislike of dragons means that he's absolutely going to appreciate the additional words, but it's true too, isn't it? So many people were to the side of the war, not direct participants. Or killed for refusing to be so.

"How do we stop the past from replaying?"