[ It is! Good on Alucard for only having a few rivals. Xenk will be sure to ask in the bluntest way possible, for maximum effect, once he feels he's taken it easy enough on Alucard. That's what friends do, right? ]

You are brave to have survived. One night of those festivities is well and nearly more than I can take.

[ He hates those parties, too! It's almost odd to hear Xenk almost complain. But he brightens as he readies the next question, because he knows it will cut to the heart of the matter, and Xenk does so love pure honesty. ]

And those you hate? They have wronged you, I imagine.