The castle knows if I am home and you're on the doorstep, then it can open. If I'm not here, it won't move. It's a newer security feature.
[Because there's a different pattern to security now. The doors open enough for them to pass through comfortably without opening all the way (it takes too long, damn Dracula's overdramatics) and Alucard steps over the threshold first.]
What kind of creatures were you dealing with? At the time neither of you had enough information to go on. My first instinct is that it was sniffed out through some natural ability, but...
[He trails off, because they've already slammed into talking shop. There's a moment where he shakes his head, chiding himself.]
no subject
[Because there's a different pattern to security now. The doors open enough for them to pass through comfortably without opening all the way (it takes too long, damn Dracula's overdramatics) and Alucard steps over the threshold first.]
What kind of creatures were you dealing with? At the time neither of you had enough information to go on. My first instinct is that it was sniffed out through some natural ability, but...
[He trails off, because they've already slammed into talking shop. There's a moment where he shakes his head, chiding himself.]
Welcome home.