['Completely fucked' is such a Belmont way of summing up the whole sordid mess, Sypha almost snorts a laugh. Only the heavy echo of the story - and the parts still untold - smother her humor. She only nods.] I can understand the impulse, even if it didn't work out for him the first time. Sometimes it's easier to heal in sleep. [And sometimes it's an escape mechanism as dangerous as intoxicants or a death wish. Even now, she cannot wrap her mind around Alucard's declared choice, but it's the least of the issues that need sorting out between them.
Her somber face turns pensive as a tangent tugs her from the story.] The reason we went looking for him under Gresit was a...not a prophecy, exactly. My grandfather thought it was one of those stories shared from a future. A retrospective on events, you know? It sounds similar enough to what you've described that now I wonder if... [There's no way to know if the Singularity is anything like some of the more esoteric Speaker magics, the stuff outside Sypha's niche. But surely there can't be too many methods of accessing future knowledge. She dismisses the thought with a shake of her head and recenters herself.]
What did you see of the battle? Only Dracula's death? Or, say rather, Alucard's perception of it?
[Does Jaskier think him as much a monster as Alucard sometimes sees himself? Sypha remembers dashing into the room, Dracula's smouldering body looming over Alucard, the flash of Trevor's sword--but as many times as she revists it in her head, Dracula isn't trying to drag his son into death with him. He's just...grasping for something out of reach.]
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Date: 2022-07-13 05:46 am (UTC)Her somber face turns pensive as a tangent tugs her from the story.] The reason we went looking for him under Gresit was a...not a prophecy, exactly. My grandfather thought it was one of those stories shared from a future. A retrospective on events, you know? It sounds similar enough to what you've described that now I wonder if... [There's no way to know if the Singularity is anything like some of the more esoteric Speaker magics, the stuff outside Sypha's niche. But surely there can't be too many methods of accessing future knowledge. She dismisses the thought with a shake of her head and recenters herself.]
What did you see of the battle? Only Dracula's death? Or, say rather, Alucard's perception of it?
[Does Jaskier think him as much a monster as Alucard sometimes sees himself? Sypha remembers dashing into the room, Dracula's smouldering body looming over Alucard, the flash of Trevor's sword--but as many times as she revists it in her head, Dracula isn't trying to drag his son into death with him. He's just...grasping for something out of reach.]