[ He really shouldn't react to that. Claude knows it, and still he can't help a mildly exasperated sigh in response to Sylvain's supposed question. That's not the point; giving into that anywhere beyond what he already has would derail the point he's trying to make.
Which feels a little more solid now thanks to that there wasn't anything taking that statement back and rather more a doubling down on it, so he stops walking to study Sylvain again for a couple of seconds with a barely there furrow between his brows as he computes that into the ever growing calculation that's figuring out the other man beneath what's on the surface.
And he probably shouldn't need to question it still, and yet - bluntly - ]
no subject
Which feels a little more solid now thanks to that there wasn't anything taking that statement back and rather more a doubling down on it, so he stops walking to study Sylvain again for a couple of seconds with a barely there furrow between his brows as he computes that into the ever growing calculation that's figuring out the other man beneath what's on the surface.
And he probably shouldn't need to question it still, and yet - bluntly - ]
Even though going also made you miserable?