[ There's an immediate noise of protest when Sylvain's hand finds his mouth timed right along with batting it away to keep up feigning like this is some great slight and not a thing he's done to the other man just as many times in turn. Or to Hilda, for that matter, and all in the name of teasing. It's not difficult to read the reason behind Sylvain doing it and what Hilda says - that just covers everything though Claude pairs a flatly unimpressed look with it.
It's a cover considering he's unknowingly coming to the same conclusion as Hilda. It does explain a lot about all those lesser evasions they've seen over the past months and maybe even speaks a bit deeper on it than Sylvain intends in what was clearly meant to be a deflection. Maybe this is another time they can let him have it.
'Having it' being only in the sense of laying on more praise, that is. ]
It's true, even if you still have yet to best me at chess. [ Untrue, but Claude's counting on it getting a rise out of Sylvain with something more than sitting here looking bashful. ] I bet I could recite one of Lysithea's old spell theories while leaving out several critical parts and saying it in the wrong order and you'd still figure it out in seconds flat. But more than that, the big heart also extends to a rather extensive amount of loyalty even if, for example, I've given you plenty of reasons to throw your hands up in exasperation.
[ Which calls for shrugging with palms up like this is all a very easy explanation, and one which culminates in: ] You're just going to have to face the facts that at this point, you're basically every charming knight right out of all those fairy tales to us.
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It's a cover considering he's unknowingly coming to the same conclusion as Hilda. It does explain a lot about all those lesser evasions they've seen over the past months and maybe even speaks a bit deeper on it than Sylvain intends in what was clearly meant to be a deflection. Maybe this is another time they can let him have it.
'Having it' being only in the sense of laying on more praise, that is. ]
It's true, even if you still have yet to best me at chess. [ Untrue, but Claude's counting on it getting a rise out of Sylvain with something more than sitting here looking bashful. ] I bet I could recite one of Lysithea's old spell theories while leaving out several critical parts and saying it in the wrong order and you'd still figure it out in seconds flat. But more than that, the big heart also extends to a rather extensive amount of loyalty even if, for example, I've given you plenty of reasons to throw your hands up in exasperation.
[ Which calls for shrugging with palms up like this is all a very easy explanation, and one which culminates in: ] You're just going to have to face the facts that at this point, you're basically every charming knight right out of all those fairy tales to us.