[ The change in topic is another puzzle piece stashed away with the rest when it seems like some of the tension leaves Sylvain little by little. Much as he'd like to know more of the reasoning behind it and all the others, it's far easier to grin where he is even if it can't be seen. ]

That's what you say now, but then you'd just be asking for permanent lobster status. Water only makes that worse on sunny days as anyone in Derdriu can tell you, even if we didn't exactly have the same level of sunlight as here. But it would be nice to have the sea right there.

[ Wistfulness is present because it really would be a benefit. Something Claude hadn't totally realized he was missing in the way he'd purposefully set aside so many things at first in Cadens while getting his bearings, but seeing it again? Made it far more difficult to keep doing so. ]

I think the girls would be on board for your plan of having somewhere else to go. Maybe when we get out of here, [ because he still believes it'll be when and not if, ] and everything's settled we could see about returning there for a visit. It's not that far away, all things considered.