Far more than just handcuffs, you know. I didn't hone that skill of being able to take on any lock I meet for no reason.

[ A hint of facetiousness is certainly in there, but that the handcuffs wouldn't provide much of a challenge to him whatsoever when given enough time to crack them: that's true. If the casual tossing of that out there gets Sylvain to smile, then that's just a bonus.

Maybe, with some luck, it'll offset the rest of what's being asked without really asking it outright. As the rock tumbles away Claude watches it roll before glancing out to the pedestrian traffic around them. As for what Sylvain says, he lets that hang in the air for a little bit while considering it and what they've spoken of before, and then makes a careful choice in his next thought voiced aloud. ]

Even if home itself is complicated, I can't imagine it's easy to be away from those you've known the longest while being here.