[It took one instant of great effort to smother the uncertainty, replacing it with the sort of dignified calm he usually preferred to exude. She was trying to reassure him, and he didn't want her to become suspicious as to why this was making him so hesitant. It shouldn't have, since nothing about it was even vaguely threatening.]
Oh. Well-- alright.
[Curiosity overcame him and propelled him forward, even as Dracula's anger at being confined within his fortress barely an afterthought.]
You have certainly spent quite a bit of time on this. It is impressive.