He'd meant it more as a joke of sorts (even if that'd only been known in his own mind), a very abstract sort of complaint about there being so much snow around them when it's not his preference even before operating on their collective desire to survive, but Kell's rebuttal to it pulls Claude up short. In a good way; having the value of being able to create cover for them on the move is something he hadn't considered. But it's absolutely an important tool beyond simply using the wind blades he can generate, and the smile he offers Kell after that consideration is more genuine.
"Huh. I'm embarrassed to say I'd never thought about it like that, but you certainly make a good case for it. I'll have to do a little experimenting later on to make sure that's something I can pull off. Better to practice now than when he might need it most, right?"
It's said as lightly as ever, but that they're likely being pursued - if they aren't already - by their captors weighs on a corner of his mind at all times. Given that they weren't meant to escape or to tell of what was happening to them with so many wards in place to prevent both means they're valuable enough to capture again.
That can be a problem to mull over later since Kell's enthusiasm about magic is catching, and now it is beyond just in what he's demonstrated but now also shares.
"All the elements narrowing down to one on your part is certainly impressive." The temptation's there to ask about the one Kell's mentioned only he can do, but. That might take a little working towards first, Claude thinks. "Much of Fodlan's magic is treated the same in narrowing down to an element or possibly two to focus on. Or some others show aptitude for dark magic which seems to be learned by only a select few, given that one of my friends who's a powerful mage is one of the only people I know who managed it."
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"Huh. I'm embarrassed to say I'd never thought about it like that, but you certainly make a good case for it. I'll have to do a little experimenting later on to make sure that's something I can pull off. Better to practice now than when he might need it most, right?"
It's said as lightly as ever, but that they're likely being pursued - if they aren't already - by their captors weighs on a corner of his mind at all times. Given that they weren't meant to escape or to tell of what was happening to them with so many wards in place to prevent both means they're valuable enough to capture again.
That can be a problem to mull over later since Kell's enthusiasm about magic is catching, and now it is beyond just in what he's demonstrated but now also shares.
"All the elements narrowing down to one on your part is certainly impressive." The temptation's there to ask about the one Kell's mentioned only he can do, but. That might take a little working towards first, Claude thinks. "Much of Fodlan's magic is treated the same in narrowing down to an element or possibly two to focus on. Or some others show aptitude for dark magic which seems to be learned by only a select few, given that one of my friends who's a powerful mage is one of the only people I know who managed it."