[ The urge to roll his eyes is strong, but Claude manages to persevere and resist it. It surfaces again when Sylvain plays at being mortally wounded by any of that even if it's also part of their routine of never quite saying the truth in what they mean. Something that's nice to joke about considering they're both well aware the other is doing it at just about any time, and something which means it's all the easier to continue on with it at any given moment. ]
Hm. That makes it sound a little more like you're my retainer than I'm pretty sure you meant it to be.
[ Not that it counts for much, considering while he's sure some might consider Hilda his retainer, it's not like he'd ever expected her to do any of that even as he'll willingly give her the credit she well deserves for making sure he'd eaten, slept, any number of things during the war. Saying as much would complicate this when it's another way to tease and one he intends to prod at for as long as he can. ]
Or some sort of devoted knight at the least since I think there's plenty of books about just that. I'll have you know I made it through just fine while I was all by my lonesome, though it would've been an entirely different experience without you here.
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Hm. That makes it sound a little more like you're my retainer than I'm pretty sure you meant it to be.
[ Not that it counts for much, considering while he's sure some might consider Hilda his retainer, it's not like he'd ever expected her to do any of that even as he'll willingly give her the credit she well deserves for making sure he'd eaten, slept, any number of things during the war. Saying as much would complicate this when it's another way to tease and one he intends to prod at for as long as he can. ]
Or some sort of devoted knight at the least since I think there's plenty of books about just that. I'll have you know I made it through just fine while I was all by my lonesome, though it would've been an entirely different experience without you here.