Raidou avoided the attack, but didn't answer Alucard immediately. He was watching the girl, eyes narrowing as the cut vines dropped to the ground.

"I knew it," he said, his usual quietness giving way to the commanding tone reserved for his demons. He barely even realized he was doing it; that face seemed to bring him back to the Capital where he had first seen it.

"You are not making any friends this way, Alice."