[ It's actually a reassuring answer, in as much as Jake could find it in himself to be reassured about the childhood of a total stranger. There was certainly someone present when homeschooled: the teachers themselves. If the thought of their treatment towards him didn't ping Alucard's mind (or if he was simply deflecting -- that stranger thing went both ways), Jake wasn't about to pry any further. ]
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More fitting how, bud?