[ Even the pods at ground level or close enough to it are too many as Claude looks to all the ones they can see whether it's with as much detail as the one they'd jumped out of or just dimmer outlines farther away. The attempt he makes to count them is quickly given up with the overwhelming reality of how many there are to check, but - there's no guarantee Sylvain is in one or even here at all. He could be in Cadens like Claude had told (shouted) at him to do despite all stubbornness, and the sense of foreboding creeping through him now might just be because he and Steve are now standing in a pit staring at who knows how many potential others here.
Claude mentally shakes all of that off. They have work to do. ]
I'm alright, I think, besides being a little banged up from getting captured. That part's more my own fault than anyone else's. [ Breezily enough even if that healing magic he possesses isn't something he can use on his own, but Claude's not going to dwell on it with a task ahead of them as he starts walking towards the next pod with the surety of someone used to putting plans into motion, fully expecting Steve to fall into step with him. ] Jokes about a potential rough landing from jumping aside, you're okay, too?
[ Or close enough to it, hopefully; they've worked together in enough less than ideal conditions by now for him to recognize there's something to Steve that most people don't have. Despite waiting for an answer - and real concern that Steve is okay relative to their current situation since he considers the other a friend - his attention turns to the pod they've reached after a brisk walk. After a second's contemplation of what to do and feeling the slightest bit foolish, Claude lifts a hand to hit his open palm against it for the maximum possible noise to get through the outer shell. No sounds answer him back. ]
If someone's in here they must still be out cold. We'd better hurry.
[ No time to waste then as he shifts into problem solving mode, once again looking for somewhere soft to dig into first to wedge it open though he glances at the ground in hopes of finding a rock for some added force before something else occurs to him. ]
Some of the thorns on those vines were rather sizeable and might be worth grabbing to spare our hands in breaking into these things, provided they're on the sturdy side.
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Claude mentally shakes all of that off. They have work to do. ]
I'm alright, I think, besides being a little banged up from getting captured. That part's more my own fault than anyone else's. [ Breezily enough even if that healing magic he possesses isn't something he can use on his own, but Claude's not going to dwell on it with a task ahead of them as he starts walking towards the next pod with the surety of someone used to putting plans into motion, fully expecting Steve to fall into step with him. ] Jokes about a potential rough landing from jumping aside, you're okay, too?
[ Or close enough to it, hopefully; they've worked together in enough less than ideal conditions by now for him to recognize there's something to Steve that most people don't have. Despite waiting for an answer - and real concern that Steve is okay relative to their current situation since he considers the other a friend - his attention turns to the pod they've reached after a brisk walk. After a second's contemplation of what to do and feeling the slightest bit foolish, Claude lifts a hand to hit his open palm against it for the maximum possible noise to get through the outer shell. No sounds answer him back. ]
If someone's in here they must still be out cold. We'd better hurry.
[ No time to waste then as he shifts into problem solving mode, once again looking for somewhere soft to dig into first to wedge it open though he glances at the ground in hopes of finding a rock for some added force before something else occurs to him. ]
Some of the thorns on those vines were rather sizeable and might be worth grabbing to spare our hands in breaking into these things, provided they're on the sturdy side.