Just because you weren't looking at us doesn't mean that everyone else wasn't looking at you. And that's my whole point!
[ He's going to temporarily ignore Sylvain turning the compliment back around on both of them - not because he's not flattered, since he certainly is. But in alcohol-affected logic where his mind switches gears from teasing to something maybe a bit more earnest, that's less important than making sure Hilda accepts the compliment, which is why he waves his free hand in vague dismissal. ]
Besides, all of the other stuff you mentioned was great, sure. But did any of those have a line for them quite like your sketches did?
[ The obvious answer to this is no, in his mind. As tempting as it is to obnoxiously announce this as a checkmate since this all but settles in his mind, Claude settles for taking a bit of his partially forgotten pastry to punctuate that question that's more like a statement. Or accidentally get some of the flakes from it on Sylvain now that he's in close(r) range.
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[ He's going to temporarily ignore Sylvain turning the compliment back around on both of them - not because he's not flattered, since he certainly is. But in alcohol-affected logic where his mind switches gears from teasing to something maybe a bit more earnest, that's less important than making sure Hilda accepts the compliment, which is why he waves his free hand in vague dismissal. ]
Besides, all of the other stuff you mentioned was great, sure. But did any of those have a line for them quite like your sketches did?
[ The obvious answer to this is no, in his mind. As tempting as it is to obnoxiously announce this as a checkmate since this all but settles in his mind, Claude settles for taking a bit of his partially forgotten pastry to punctuate that question that's more like a statement. Or accidentally get some of the flakes from it on Sylvain now that he's in close(r) range.
Maybe both. Both works. ]