Your craft defeats me, Merlin, how you balance the destiny and soul of us all in the palm of your hand is a feat.
Master, the servant brian wishes to see you.
Send him in.
Great master, forgive me, but I have to seek your advice.
What is it that disturbs you, Brian?
Is it true that an operation is to be performed on the count down?
Yes, it is true.
But what will it mean? That he will no longer be immortal? That he will not be king? But he must become overlord of the netherworld!
Brian, in the next hours many things may happen.
Count down will need your help and understanding, whatever happens, your years of faithful service will not have been in vain.
If this man, Van Helsing, is allowed to humanise the count, the house of Dracula will be obliterated forever. But the count
may yet be saved from this catastrophe.
No!
Count down, wait here until Van Helsing sends for you to come to the operate.
I don't know what to say to you now, but if you make it through the night I'll find the roots tomorrow.
Count down must be feeling, understandably, some trepidation, at this time. After all, it's quite a step he's taking.
He's prepared as far as humanly possible.
And vulnerable, doctor, and vulnerable.