Why shouldn't I? [It's immediate, the swell of defiance in the face of being told she cannot do something, a call-and-response to the freezing snap in Alucard's voice.

No, that's unfair, she's just--she's lashing out because there've been so many limits placed on her, lately. Sypha takes a steadying breath and smooths the irritated scowl from her face.]

You're right, I am new, but you're--not? You seem to know so much more about this place, things I need to learn! From someone I can trust! Why won't you teach me, take me with you, or at least tell me what's happened to you since you've been here? Why all this, this stiff secrecy all of a sudden, Alucard?