[ With that, they've officially looped right back to that meetup in the pit where he'd glanced around and realized he knew someone here very well - right down to the blatant deflection Sylvain's not even bothering to disguise as something else. In the same instant Claude's started to open his mouth he also recalls the look on Sylvain's face the last time he'd brushed the verbal parry aside to peer at what was really being said. He remembers the flinch.

And with that in mind, he just as quickly shuts his mouth and resists the urge to sigh. Actually, on second thought - Claude definitely sighs. ]

If I was going to do that, I would've just reached over to shake you instead. Just because you think this feels like being on the waves doesn't make what I said less true either even if you wanna write it off as seasickness.

[ Hear as: don't try it, Sylvain. Then again, and because he's not honestly expecting acceptance, adding a loophole won't hurt. ]

Add seasickness to the as something that'd be an improvement over being down here. So far the list contains getting hit with Thoron, having a picnic at Ailell, and getting caught in a blizzard just to start with.