"I think I'd be grateful I seem consistent then, really."
Paired with a slight grin in Altaïr's direction on the matter of his actions supporting it - it's partly a tease and mostly an inside joke of sorts with himself when it comes to conveying actions through his words. A bit of showmanship still present with him from Fodlan to make sure that others are misdirected by what he says rather than what he might be doing, and yet that's something he finds himself compelled to do less and less around Altaïr.
The weight of honesty threading through everything they're telling each other, all those thoughts, memories, ways of life normally hidden from view: they're something Claude's not taking for granted. He knows what it costs him to share something not regularly revealed to just anyone, and is working with the assumption Altaïr is the same. It reinforces respect he already feels that much more.
"It sounds like the breaking of those things isn't something you took lightly." In confirmation of that or possibly reassurance as the tenets come to surface again, and now Claude has more understanding for each. He's silent as well; to change people for the better is a thought - a pledge he holds dear.
"There's much I've done that I would have rather avoided to uphold what I believe in - what I believed and still believe was best. But, even with the regrets I have, I would still make all those same choices over again if presented with them. Sometimes there's no way around what to do but to go through with it, for what little comfort that might offer."
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Paired with a slight grin in Altaïr's direction on the matter of his actions supporting it - it's partly a tease and mostly an inside joke of sorts with himself when it comes to conveying actions through his words. A bit of showmanship still present with him from Fodlan to make sure that others are misdirected by what he says rather than what he might be doing, and yet that's something he finds himself compelled to do less and less around Altaïr.
The weight of honesty threading through everything they're telling each other, all those thoughts, memories, ways of life normally hidden from view: they're something Claude's not taking for granted. He knows what it costs him to share something not regularly revealed to just anyone, and is working with the assumption Altaïr is the same. It reinforces respect he already feels that much more.
"It sounds like the breaking of those things isn't something you took lightly." In confirmation of that or possibly reassurance as the tenets come to surface again, and now Claude has more understanding for each. He's silent as well; to change people for the better is a thought - a pledge he holds dear.
"There's much I've done that I would have rather avoided to uphold what I believe in - what I believed and still believe was best. But, even with the regrets I have, I would still make all those same choices over again if presented with them. Sometimes there's no way around what to do but to go through with it, for what little comfort that might offer."