[ There's a lot more to it than that and the evasive way Claude says it is a giant clue there is. He knows it, Sylvain likely knows it - but he's not going to elaborate. Not wanting to is conveniently timed with Sylvain going quiet to where Claude's not inclined to fill the silence in over waiting it out to see if it goes anywhere. It might or it might not especially in considering what he'd asked. He's pretty sure Sylvain's still awake and hand in hand with that comes the jarring realization (that's more like remembering something he'd temporarily forgotten) he knows a lot more about what it feels like for the other to fall asleep next to him in ways that don't involve sharing a room.
Right now isn't the time to consider that when he gets his answer. ]
You always have a choice in everything. [ It's an oversimplification, but that doesn't make it less true to Claude even if his title - well, both of them - were things he willingly took on. Faerghus is certainly a different situation all around as he thinks about Sylvain saying he didn't miss it at all. That leaves Abraxas. ] That includes staying here, if the choice comes down to that.
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[ There's a lot more to it than that and the evasive way Claude says it is a giant clue there is. He knows it, Sylvain likely knows it - but he's not going to elaborate. Not wanting to is conveniently timed with Sylvain going quiet to where Claude's not inclined to fill the silence in over waiting it out to see if it goes anywhere. It might or it might not especially in considering what he'd asked. He's pretty sure Sylvain's still awake and hand in hand with that comes the jarring realization (that's more like remembering something he'd temporarily forgotten) he knows a lot more about what it feels like for the other to fall asleep next to him in ways that don't involve sharing a room.
Right now isn't the time to consider that when he gets his answer. ]
You always have a choice in everything. [ It's an oversimplification, but that doesn't make it less true to Claude even if his title - well, both of them - were things he willingly took on. Faerghus is certainly a different situation all around as he thinks about Sylvain saying he didn't miss it at all. That leaves Abraxas. ] That includes staying here, if the choice comes down to that.