[Sypha is good; she knows he won't jerk away with her hand on his neck, but he doesn't look happy about it]

It would be like being a vampire. It isn't, not exactly, but it would be seen that way. Saving the world was just a bonus: dead is dead.

And it's not only me. You and our kid would be just as rejected. Any descendants we have couldn't be reasonably called Belmonts if their grandfather was a massive fucking hypocrite.

And there are certain weapons and wards that might not work if there are no longer 'legitimate' descendants.