[ The ego's unimportant here. Claude lets that slide by in favor of continuing to study Sylvain, though it slips past concerned studying to outright scrutinizing when the other finally sits up. Kind of.
There's a reassurance he's not bleeding to death, which - that's good to know, but even Claude recognizes that wasn't what he was really asking in that roundabout way of are you okay? Besides, they've both seen enough war injuries or worse to know what the signs are, and those signs are difficult to hide even for those who might be practiced in doing so.
No, this is something else. That they've left clues also goes by without a comment from him, much as he hopes that's true. Sylvain's avoiding looking at him, he thinks, and maybe that's where to start. ]
Sylvain. Look at me.
[ How long they've been gone is a good question since Claude only has the vaguest idea of how long he's been awake. It can wait. If Sylvain doesn't look at him on his own, he'll reach out with a hand to use a couple fingertips to try tilting the other man's face his direction in as much of a motion hidden from the others as he can manage. ]
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There's a reassurance he's not bleeding to death, which - that's good to know, but even Claude recognizes that wasn't what he was really asking in that roundabout way of are you okay? Besides, they've both seen enough war injuries or worse to know what the signs are, and those signs are difficult to hide even for those who might be practiced in doing so.
No, this is something else. That they've left clues also goes by without a comment from him, much as he hopes that's true. Sylvain's avoiding looking at him, he thinks, and maybe that's where to start. ]
Sylvain. Look at me.
[ How long they've been gone is a good question since Claude only has the vaguest idea of how long he's been awake. It can wait. If Sylvain doesn't look at him on his own, he'll reach out with a hand to use a couple fingertips to try tilting the other man's face his direction in as much of a motion hidden from the others as he can manage. ]