[ That’s interesting. And not actually something he’d known before now. Not that it surprises him - it doesn’t. It’s just interesting, all the same.
Claude’s following words, however, have his steps faltering for a moment, pace interrupted. There’s a very pointed moment where Sylvain very obviously avoids answering. Avoids looking at Claude, too. Not sure what he’d see in his eyes if he did. ]
It’s not easy. But it’s not hard, either.
[ Sylvain might have known them the longest… but he could no longer claim that they’d known him best. Sometimes he still found himself wondering if they’d known him at all. Not something he would have questioned back home. But having found something different here… it cast some things into sharp clarity, in hindsight. ]
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[ That’s interesting. And not actually something he’d known before now. Not that it surprises him - it doesn’t. It’s just interesting, all the same.
Claude’s following words, however, have his steps faltering for a moment, pace interrupted. There’s a very pointed moment where Sylvain very obviously avoids answering. Avoids looking at Claude, too. Not sure what he’d see in his eyes if he did. ]
It’s not easy. But it’s not hard, either.
[ Sylvain might have known them the longest… but he could no longer claim that they’d known him best. Sometimes he still found himself wondering if they’d known him at all. Not something he would have questioned back home. But having found something different here… it cast some things into sharp clarity, in hindsight. ]