[After protecting Danesti from a band of Night Creatures] You sent me a letter?
...Yes. Welcome to Danesti.
I presume it's seen better days.
Quieter ones. I'm Greta, the village headwoman.
Call me Alucard. No "The".
[Looks beyond him] Did Maurius...?
Was that your rider? I'm afraid not. He was attacked en route and bled out from his wounds; his horse carried him the rest of the way with your message in his hand.
[looks down] Oh.
I'm sorry.
Well, he's not the only one we've lost. But he was the last of his family, which is why he risked the journey. Still, I'd hoped... That's what hoping gets you, I suppose. I have a lot more people to save, Alucard. [to the villagers] Get some rest, everybody. While you can. [they disperse]
How long have you been under attack?
Four days. First it was just one of those bastards. More every night. We barely made it through last night. We're lucky only a third of us are dead. Will you help us?
[summons and sheathes his magical sword] I'm sure I can do something for you.
I'm not interested, in magic tricks and one fight. These people are under my care. Will you stay and defend them for as long as it takes?
I said-
You have to understand: I don't know you. You've been twenty-odd miles away for months. You creep around the forest, you've got bodies on stakes outside your weird castle. You're obviously half-vampire, and you stink of wine, and you appear to me to be at least half-crazy... but you were the only possible advantage I could think of. I don't need to be impressed by low-key swagger. I need you to commit, to saving these people. Because my life isn't worth living if I can't save theirs.
...All done?
Did it work?
Yes.
[smirks] Then I'm all done. Thank you. And that was one Hell of an entrance.
[emerging from a latrine and approaches, chuckling] Yes, indeed so. You really are a very impressive young man. Sickening violence isn't especially in my skill set, you understand, but I can recognize a fellow expert, no matter what the field.
Oh, God. This one.
You would be Adrian Tepes, yes?
...Yes.
Do allow me to present myself: I am the Count Saint-Germain. [bows] Scholar in-residence to many of the great courts of Europe.
[frowns] Why are you cowering in a latrine-hut, in Wallachia?
Oh. Is this a latrine? [chuckles nervously] I just- I just thought someone had gotten- very- scared. I'm traveling, sir. Interesting times in Wallachia; I felt that a man of letters should bear witness.
[coldly] And are you enjoying your tourism so far?
Um, it has been- um... [sighs] enlightening.
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