There's another smile at all those descriptions Jesper offers - all of them accurate and then some, and he's in complete agreement. At the mention Jesper might be saying the same about him, he offers another one of those silly seated bows in playful gratitude for a little levity, but the rest is something he won't treat quite as lightly. Especially not that last statement and how much it resonates.
"It's more that if only one partner is something they'd rather have for themselves, I won't push them to accept something else just because this is something I want, you know? If it's something they've never considered before, I want to give them the time to think it through before deciding because they deserve that and it's a lot to think about. Even if it's the three of us, I don't think my wants outrank something that'd make them unhappy. But that said, you certainly have a point about being clearer."
It'd be a big change in many ways. Even though they aren't in Fodlan, it doesn't mean there aren't some things they've collectively carried with them in different ways. Of course, that also doesn't mean leaving time to think can't be a detriment even if it'd seemed logical enough to Claude. It wouldn't be the first mistake he'd made here - far from it - and that thought is one he keeps turning over in the back of his mind. It does help to hear from someone else who's been in the same position and has made it work, and that mention about Kaz's expression gets a grin from him.
"He's always seemed rather serious when I've passed by him, now that you mention it. So before you came here, there was a possibility for this to happen at home for Inej, Kaz, and you, too? Do you think being here was what made it possible? Or at least to start the conversation about it since you hadn't before?" And now there's an apologetic grin, considering he hadn't meant to ask quite so many questions all at once even despite his curiosity.
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"It's more that if only one partner is something they'd rather have for themselves, I won't push them to accept something else just because this is something I want, you know? If it's something they've never considered before, I want to give them the time to think it through before deciding because they deserve that and it's a lot to think about. Even if it's the three of us, I don't think my wants outrank something that'd make them unhappy. But that said, you certainly have a point about being clearer."
It'd be a big change in many ways. Even though they aren't in Fodlan, it doesn't mean there aren't some things they've collectively carried with them in different ways. Of course, that also doesn't mean leaving time to think can't be a detriment even if it'd seemed logical enough to Claude. It wouldn't be the first mistake he'd made here - far from it - and that thought is one he keeps turning over in the back of his mind. It does help to hear from someone else who's been in the same position and has made it work, and that mention about Kaz's expression gets a grin from him.
"He's always seemed rather serious when I've passed by him, now that you mention it. So before you came here, there was a possibility for this to happen at home for Inej, Kaz, and you, too? Do you think being here was what made it possible? Or at least to start the conversation about it since you hadn't before?" And now there's an apologetic grin, considering he hadn't meant to ask quite so many questions all at once even despite his curiosity.