[She stares at him for a long few seconds. He's enormous (or perhaps just the size of an average wolf, which are also enormous, whatever), and her instincts are demanding she not go anywhere near it. But--]
Your shapeshifting needs to study up on conservation of mass.
[Tentatively, she reaches for him, her fingers brushing very lightly against his belly.]
[She laughs softly, a little incredulous-- but when it becomes clear Adrian absolutely means it, she sits up a little more. Tugging his shirt lower on her thighs, she puts a hand flat against his belly, rubbing firmly.]
You're ridiculous. Is that you, Adrian, or is that the wolf's instincts?
[Well, alas, Rosalind won't get much of a response because he's too busy being a wolf getting a belly rub. That's pretty important. His tail is thumping pretty happily, for what it's worth!]
[She rolls her eyes, but her hand doesn't stop, so how exasperated can she really be. She does lean up against him a little, getting comfortable.]
Robert would love this, you know.
[She murmurs it.]
We never had a pet. We never had time, and it wasn't particularly safe in our home. But he loved . . . oh, things like this. Children and animals. Things he could make happy so easily. Sometimes . . . mm, sometimes I think he wanted to do it because he felt so badly for our youth . . . but other times I think he simply enjoyed them for their own sake.
[She tips her head down, resting against his belly.]
But. He wouldn't do well in this city. So it's good I'm the one here.
[The tail thumping calms and carefully Alucard's golden eyes watch Rosalind, listening to her. How she talks about Robert, the softness in her voice. How fond she is of him.
He understands, a little. He had a taste in a way. Though he loves Sypha and Trevor, D understood him in another way that no one else ever will.
Alucard curls around her a little, his tail wagging lightly, more rhythmically to show his content.]
[She's silent for a little while, content to give him scritches and nothing more. But then:]
I had a cat once.
[She should probably stop talking about Adrian as if he's a pet, but. Here they are.]
And a horse, technically, but I never liked it. I never really saw the point of either of them, honestly. They were given to me because I ought to have, because I was a girl. Girls get kittens; boys get hunting dogs.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[She stares at him for a long few seconds. He's enormous (or perhaps just the size of an average wolf, which are also enormous, whatever), and her instincts are demanding she not go anywhere near it. But--]
Your shapeshifting needs to study up on conservation of mass.
[Tentatively, she reaches for him, her fingers brushing very lightly against his belly.]
no subject
Oh. Belly rubs. With a wriggle, Alucard is definitely getting onto his back because absolutely please.]
no subject
You're ridiculous. Is that you, Adrian, or is that the wolf's instincts?
no subject
no subject
[She rolls her eyes, but her hand doesn't stop, so how exasperated can she really be. She does lean up against him a little, getting comfortable.]
Robert would love this, you know.
[She murmurs it.]
We never had a pet. We never had time, and it wasn't particularly safe in our home. But he loved . . . oh, things like this. Children and animals. Things he could make happy so easily. Sometimes . . . mm, sometimes I think he wanted to do it because he felt so badly for our youth . . . but other times I think he simply enjoyed them for their own sake.
[She tips her head down, resting against his belly.]
But. He wouldn't do well in this city. So it's good I'm the one here.
no subject
He understands, a little. He had a taste in a way. Though he loves Sypha and Trevor, D understood him in another way that no one else ever will.
Alucard curls around her a little, his tail wagging lightly, more rhythmically to show his content.]
no subject
I had a cat once.
[She should probably stop talking about Adrian as if he's a pet, but. Here they are.]
And a horse, technically, but I never liked it. I never really saw the point of either of them, honestly. They were given to me because I ought to have, because I was a girl. Girls get kittens; boys get hunting dogs.