[ Sylvain's movements stutter and then stop completely as his gaze flies up to meet Claude's, searching his face. He hadn't expected the explanation, even though he'd pieced that together along the way already. Claude's paranoia seemed to be grounded in necessity, rather than idle curiosity. Not that he didn't have plenty of that, too.
But to have Claude admit it out loud...
He holds the man's gaze a moment before transferring his gaze back to the task before him, winding the bandage carefully around Claude's forearm. ]
Well. Considering you're still here, that seemed to work out well for you so far. But I'm not sure where you think someone would get poison down here, outside of the mushrooms, maybe, but we've already been eating them anyway, so I think it might be a little late to start worrying about that now.
[ He makes a quiet sound of faint amusement as he glances back up to meet Claude's eyes. ] Also, I don't know if this has occurred to you, but it's a little counterproductive for me to work so hard to keep you alive if I was just planning on poisoning you anyway. If that was the case, I would have just left you to play with your scorpion friends.
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But to have Claude admit it out loud...
He holds the man's gaze a moment before transferring his gaze back to the task before him, winding the bandage carefully around Claude's forearm. ]
Well. Considering you're still here, that seemed to work out well for you so far. But I'm not sure where you think someone would get poison down here, outside of the mushrooms, maybe, but we've already been eating them anyway, so I think it might be a little late to start worrying about that now.
[ He makes a quiet sound of faint amusement as he glances back up to meet Claude's eyes. ] Also, I don't know if this has occurred to you, but it's a little counterproductive for me to work so hard to keep you alive if I was just planning on poisoning you anyway. If that was the case, I would have just left you to play with your scorpion friends.