[ Sylvain just ducks his head because he knows it’s not supposed to go both ways. But it’s nice to have a quiet confirmation - if not in so many words - that he’d been right about Claude doing the same if their positions were reversed. Even though Claude’s the more important one here, the one who can do the most good for everyone. Sylvain wouldn’t doubt the other man would do it for Hilda, because she was important to him, too, but Sylvain’s still…

He shies away from that, bringing his hands up to cup over Claude’s. ]

I’m not saying it does. I just meant, I didn’t think you’d hesitate to do the same if it were for me. So don’t get upset with me for doing the same for you. Because I’m not going to stop, Claude. That place was a danger for both of us. If you needed to go back - for curiosity or closure or whatever it was - then I wasn’t going to let you go alone. At least this way, you had someone watching your back.