"She is, isn't she? One of the very many things I like so much about her." That sliver of honesty slips out before Claude really realizes it's going to happen, but once it does? No need to sweep it aside or cover it up. It's the truth and easy to let it be, especially when the long list of what he loves about Hilda has so much more on it.
And in line with appreciation for that: the idea for the scarves had set in one day while he was (sort of) organizing his closet and thinking about home, and a way to bring that here. There'll have to be some explanations for their recipients, probably, but those can come later with other things tied to them, too.
Claude means to voice that Sylvain's every bit as fond as of Jesper with no question, but that'll have to wait when what follows wasn't something he was expecting even with the mention of Inej and Kaz. This time he chuckles, and a genuine laugh at that, since - "I wouldn't be opposed to such an arrangement either. Far from it, but their thoughts on that are far more important than mine when it comes to deciding."
He's considered it more and more because there's benefits to that in so many ways, he knows, strange as it seems to be considering. Only because it involves the letting of his guard he keeps up closely at all times down for not one but two people, and he shifts his gaze back to the page momentarily before looking back up at Jesper. "It's not uncommon where I grew up for someone to have more than one lover or even spouse, but I think the two of them are less familiar with it. They'll need to figure out if that's what they want too since I wouldn't ask either of them to accept something they don't."
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And in line with appreciation for that: the idea for the scarves had set in one day while he was (sort of) organizing his closet and thinking about home, and a way to bring that here. There'll have to be some explanations for their recipients, probably, but those can come later with other things tied to them, too.
Claude means to voice that Sylvain's every bit as fond as of Jesper with no question, but that'll have to wait when what follows wasn't something he was expecting even with the mention of Inej and Kaz. This time he chuckles, and a genuine laugh at that, since - "I wouldn't be opposed to such an arrangement either. Far from it, but their thoughts on that are far more important than mine when it comes to deciding."
He's considered it more and more because there's benefits to that in so many ways, he knows, strange as it seems to be considering. Only because it involves the letting of his guard he keeps up closely at all times down for not one but two people, and he shifts his gaze back to the page momentarily before looking back up at Jesper. "It's not uncommon where I grew up for someone to have more than one lover or even spouse, but I think the two of them are less familiar with it. They'll need to figure out if that's what they want too since I wouldn't ask either of them to accept something they don't."