Sasuke arrived fairly late from the Courtyard, but Allen was even later, to his surprise. It had been some time since he'd managed to talk to the kid -- the past few nights, Sasuke had been sleeping -- and he'd hoped to get a status update and find out if Allen had learned anything.

Actually, now that he thought about it, he should probably also find out why Aidou had such poor impression of Allen. Aidou was picky when it came to his alliances, but Sasuke was relatively sure that the vampire was intelligent enough to not be completely capricious in a place like this.