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	"Sorry, Alucard!!!" Sonia shouted.

	I groaned, rubbing the back of my head, "Next time, angle the crucifix AWAY 
from me!"

	Sonia had finally gotten the crucifix to do a boomerang effect, but either 
she angled it the wrong way, or I accidentally gave her one that seeked out 
unholy creatures, because instead of making its full journey and returning 
to Sonia, it thunked against the back of my head, almost making me fall 
unconscious.

	"I'm so sorry, I swear, I didn't mean it," Sonia said, grabbing my arm and 
helping me up, and slinging my arm over her shoulder in case I fell over 
again, which I didn't object to because I was feeling faint, or at least I 
think I did... the sight of Sonia would make anyone drop to their knees.

	She helped me into the house and into my room, laying me down on the bed, 
"Are you alright? Do you want some water or something?"

	"Can't handle water, remember?"

	"Gah I meant uh... Damn! All the drinks in this house have water in them 
unless you like milk... it's poor milk since our cow's gotten older, but 
it's all we have," she said, frustrated.

	"I'll be fine, Sonia... it's just a head wound. I've gotten tons of those 
before... sometimes I think I was dropped on my head as an infant because I 
called myself Kid Dracula at the age of five..." I groaned. Then again, I 
knew Mother would never drop me, nor Father because he loved me at the time, 
but my babysitters? Eh, I don't remember what they did to me.

	Sonia attempted to laugh at the poor joke, but couldn't bring herself to. 
She helped me inside, "Guess I must have been a little clumsy... then again, 
I've been training for six hours, so..."

	"It's nothing, Sonia, don't worry!" I said, chuckling a bit at her 
apologetic mood. She helped me to my room and lay me down. I took her hand 
in mine, "Don't worry so much... it's not healthy."

	She smiled, "It's a habit. Sorry."