[Joking about loss is hardly the best way to approach grief. Alucard has always been a man who let the full of his emotions in private only, and to try and guide someone else feels hollow in a way.
His heart aches when Sypha looks up at him though, and there's nothing he can offer for her still too-watery eyes but his coat sleeve. Which he does, holding up his wrist and awkwardly trying to dab.]
It's never a linear process, navigating this. [The honesty is important, more than anything else.]
I'm here. We're both here, whenever you need us. [He breathes out, soft.] For now, what would help you most? Going inside, walking....?
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His heart aches when Sypha looks up at him though, and there's nothing he can offer for her still too-watery eyes but his coat sleeve. Which he does, holding up his wrist and awkwardly trying to dab.]
It's never a linear process, navigating this. [The honesty is important, more than anything else.]
I'm here. We're both here, whenever you need us. [He breathes out, soft.] For now, what would help you most? Going inside, walking....?