Most important one - that has his own version of knowing showing up with the sort of smile (and expression) one gives a good friend when they know exactly what they mean. All the more reason to only let that smile grow until it turns into a chuckle when Wilhelm turns it right back around on him.

"It's been a long month without them, to say the least," Claude answers after dragging a hand along his jaw in brief thought about how that's an understatement in how much he'd missed them both. "Jesper, too, for that matter. I was fortunate to spend some time with someone I care about greatly in Thorne when the portal sent me there, though they're not here now so my answer is almost everyone as well. I hear some other friends are in the ocean somewhere."

Another concern filed away in the back of his mind though there's nothing they can do about it from considerable distance away, and yet. Something which might be troubling Wilhelm, too, considering wherever those loved ones might be, and so he gently elbows the other in the arm with a softer smile before averting his own gaze again after in respect of what he'd noticed seemed like shyness should Wilhelm want it to end there. "Glad your most important one is here with you."