[ It's always a delight when someone plays along with his antics, and now's no exception as Jesper returns the bow and he keeps the grin on his own face. Of course, there's also no dearth of it as Jesper uses his powers to assist as promised.

He's supposed to be getting ready as instructed but instead Claude waits a few moments longer since it seems a shame to not properly appreciate the magic on display. The torch moves this way and that, and he has to admire the showmanship there too, and - right, he really is supposed to be going to do something now that the bee's out of the way and letting them know in no uncertain terms how agitated it is. ]

See, this is way better than going about this on hard mode. I'm sure the Fey would approve too.

[ Probably; he's pretty sure this counts as mischief which their hosts seem to be plenty fond of - given that he's about to approach a giant hive for something to use as money, allegedly. That can be debated later since for now, he takes the opportunity Jesper's provided to dart in and approach the hives. A couple of careful prods reveals where they're supposed to dig around in search of the pellets, so: nothing to do but get to it. ]

I think this might be one of the stranger things I've done since getting here. Have you done this already yourself?

[ He's totally not asking in case it's his turn to hold off the giant bee next after this. Definitely not. ]