[ Just as Claude turns away from yet another empty room where it looks like there'd been someone there recently - really bringing home the point of how many Summoned were shuffled around thanks to the portals simply while looking for where Dion might be - Cid lets out a shout which reverberates down the hallway. It's all of a second where he blinks as an initial reaction, but surprise doesn't last long when he immediately ends up in genuine laughter. ]

I think you might've just found us a better loophole than the whole mind messaging thing I was going to try again next. A much better one.

[ He's still chuckling with that underscoring of the point at the end, but: it works, because there's Dion. Though he'd returned Cid's grin before, it's a far wider one of absolute amusement he flashes back to Cid again as the prince first smoothes out what might be an invisible wrinkle somewhere before all but rebuking the man in question. It's entirely from Dion's response since that's a very princely reaction even with the little bit of tension he'd spotted - let alone that pause before speaking as its own accent - surely fueling it.

A puzzle for later since now there's the matching softening in Claude's own expression as he reaches to cover Dion's hand on his arm with his own and to squeeze it gently for a reason to linger. ]

I didn't either though if there's something to be glad for in all this, it's certainly that. [ One last smile for Dion, and then it's back to Cid with a nod. ] Time to get settled in before he has a chance to tell us to go back to wandering the castle since that might be next.