The people she would allow touch from, or give to, could be counted on one hand with fingers to spare. With Walter gone, it left it at two. Still this was different, and unusual. Enough to make her pause, and blink. "What are you doing?" Why was it every time she was so sure Alucard could no longer get under her skin he found an entirely new way to fluster her?
"I distinctly remember training that would prove otherwise." That she could focus on, the newest addition the the endless oddity that was Alucard was just another note on the mental checklist. "That still does not mean I cannot improve. Failure teaches one that. Now do let go."