With Integral having been extracted from the bed a bit earlier, by Walter, Alucard was left without a source of warmth and the stench of the food, the heaviness of the human slop he consumed earlier was sitting heavily in him. The sheets were mussed and he was beginning to regret the expenditure of energy it had taken to leave the crisp, hospital corners of Walter's bed to slide into Integra's and steal her warmth.

But he was disinclined to move at the moment. Life was difficult.