Very well. I wouldn't necessarily say we're friends with some of the more religious around us but they haven't really bothered us either.
[She thinks of Richter though.]
But then it also means no one truly remembers the family. Perhaps it's better that way but it does have downsides. Richter... he was afraid of being forgotten in the end, I think. With Dracula in his grave once more I think he couldn't see what purpose he could serve or what important he might have left.
That's good. [Near warmth almost rolls off Alucard. That the Church is leaving the Belmonts be? That's beyond good. That's amazing. He doesn't ask if it's true for all of Wallachia - he can settle for now.]
There's some value in being anonymous. It prevents things like the excommunication that-- [Maria probably already knows.]
He'll find purpose. No one should be defined by Dracula's legacy.
[At that she nods firmly. He would eventually and of that she had little doubt.]
I suppose with the trouble his family has been through in the past he certainly deserves it. I don't know much of what happened of course.
[She doesn't miss the warmth though. Things click nicely into place as she recalls a distinct moment in the castle.]
Oh! That's who you must have meant then!
[... Well, not him him but ... ah, time is so complicated.]
We ran into each other several times within the castle while I was searching for Richter. I had hoped you had seen him and while you did recognize the Belmont name, I had thought you must know Richter. Then when we met again later you said there was a Belmont in the castle but you didn't know if it was Richter or not.
[She nods some to herself.]
It certainly puts Richter's disbelief it was you into more perspective then.
[How was it he put it? "That was over 300 years ago!" ... Hadn't he mentioned Trevor then too?
Oh dear. Maria sighs to herself. She'd have to think of a way to apologize to that brute of a man, wouldn't she.]
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[At least that's who she imagines he means.]
Very well. I wouldn't necessarily say we're friends with some of the more religious around us but they haven't really bothered us either.
[She thinks of Richter though.]
But then it also means no one truly remembers the family. Perhaps it's better that way but it does have downsides. Richter... he was afraid of being forgotten in the end, I think. With Dracula in his grave once more I think he couldn't see what purpose he could serve or what important he might have left.
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There's some value in being anonymous. It prevents things like the excommunication that-- [Maria probably already knows.]
He'll find purpose. No one should be defined by Dracula's legacy.
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I suppose with the trouble his family has been through in the past he certainly deserves it. I don't know much of what happened of course.
[She doesn't miss the warmth though. Things click nicely into place as she recalls a distinct moment in the castle.]
Oh! That's who you must have meant then!
[... Well, not him him but ... ah, time is so complicated.]
We ran into each other several times within the castle while I was searching for Richter. I had hoped you had seen him and while you did recognize the Belmont name, I had thought you must know Richter. Then when we met again later you said there was a Belmont in the castle but you didn't know if it was Richter or not.
[She nods some to herself.]
It certainly puts Richter's disbelief it was you into more perspective then.
[How was it he put it? "That was over 300 years ago!" ... Hadn't he mentioned Trevor then too?
Oh dear. Maria sighs to herself. She'd have to think of a way to apologize to that brute of a man, wouldn't she.]