[ That response is predictable, too. It brings the faintest twitch to his lips as they trek over roots and half-melted snow.
He appreciates stability, too. He's missed it. Maybe a funny thing for a Witcher to say, one might think, but there's nothing more predictable than going from contract to contract, unattached. People are what make things complicated. ]
I suppose we all start somewhere. [ The edge of bitterness, he doesn't bother to hide. He doesn't know if it's better to have learned from an early age or not. Does going through some shit at boyhood give one a leg up? He'd wager some might tell him that's the case. (He assumes his mother would -- that it's part of his fucking destiny.) ]
Your people were safe, though. [ A question is in the statement. Alucard hasn't mentioned anything about his Bonded or someone he knows being taken—so either they weren't or Alucard doesn't want to talk about it. ]
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He appreciates stability, too. He's missed it. Maybe a funny thing for a Witcher to say, one might think, but there's nothing more predictable than going from contract to contract, unattached. People are what make things complicated. ]
I suppose we all start somewhere. [ The edge of bitterness, he doesn't bother to hide. He doesn't know if it's better to have learned from an early age or not. Does going through some shit at boyhood give one a leg up? He'd wager some might tell him that's the case. (He assumes his mother would -- that it's part of his fucking destiny.) ]
Your people were safe, though. [ A question is in the statement. Alucard hasn't mentioned anything about his Bonded or someone he knows being taken—so either they weren't or Alucard doesn't want to talk about it. ]