[ That grin only grows a bit wider since he's taking that as an indicator he's met someone else who enjoys getting in a little trouble now and then. Whether it's the intended kind or one brought on by something else - it all counts the same to him when there's benefits for both.

Including an opportunity to talk about one of his least favorite institutions, even if that may or may not have been the intention. ]

A terrible one.

[ Cheerfully blunt, because Claude feels no need to pretend otherwise about the Church of Seiros these days. Not even around those from Fodlan, distant as Fodlan is while here, and because he'd never exactly come anywhere close to praising it to begin with. All of that's a bit much to just drop on someone, so he shrugs a shoulder casually afterwards. ]

I wasn't there for the church aspect mainly, though. The same church hosted an officers' academy my grandfather insisted I attend and it was attached to their main monastery. I mostly avoided the religion aspect as much as I could since it dictated many things about Fodlan.

[ To say the absolute least. It's enough for Claude's curiosity to be activated since that question, he's learned, can come from any number of reasons when it comes to something from wherever they call home. ]

Do you have anything like that where you're from or is it some other arrangements?