Are you expecting me to protest something that's going to benefit us both?

[ That's how that works, Claude's assuming, what with the mention of one step growing into something more exponential. Something he certainly doesn't mind considering they're rather good at that; there's certainly been any number of months which prove it on top of that.

Of course, that won't stop Claude from tapping a finger against his drink as if contemplating something to borrow that motion from Sylvain with a poorly suppressed smirk. ]

Because I think, by now, you know the answer to that is I won't.