Well, it's a rather apt vibe if I do say so myself. One might even say my specialty is that sneakiness in so many ways.
[ Not that he's patting himself on the back here or anything. Or - he is just a little since that craftiness led to all kinds of small triumphs he's yet to replicate in Abraxas, so no need to make it his reputation here just yet past what could be easily dismissed as a joking tone and nothing more.
As she moves her own pawn forward to meet his, he glances down at the pieces now facing each other as if having their own conversation while they conduct theirs above it. The nod she gives the board as if wishing it well or good luck causes Claude to hide a smile to himself before she looks up. It's not very successful, mostly since it reappears at the title she bestows on him. ]
I'm royalty now, am I? [ There's more than a little amusement in his tone thanks to that being more entertaining on his end than it has any right to be, but he'll save acting formal for sometime later. Maybe. ] I haven't met many from Solvunn yet as you're right, I'm not from there. The Free Cities are who summoned me here at their whims, though more specifically I'm in Cadens. That makes us as close to neighbors as Abraxas allows for given the state of things.
[ While talking Claude continues to evaluate moves out of chess habits built up from a lifetime of playing and watching others do it. Now, however, he shifts another pawn less in any specific plan and more because it allows him to do the following that much sooner. And purely to entertain himself and with no small amount of mischief present, he'll bow as much as being seated allows him to do with all the flourish of royalty along with, ] I believe it's your turn now, my lady in pink. And perhaps you can tell me a bit about Solvunn as well, though you choose what you'd like that to be.
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[ Not that he's patting himself on the back here or anything. Or - he is just a little since that craftiness led to all kinds of small triumphs he's yet to replicate in Abraxas, so no need to make it his reputation here just yet past what could be easily dismissed as a joking tone and nothing more.
As she moves her own pawn forward to meet his, he glances down at the pieces now facing each other as if having their own conversation while they conduct theirs above it. The nod she gives the board as if wishing it well or good luck causes Claude to hide a smile to himself before she looks up. It's not very successful, mostly since it reappears at the title she bestows on him. ]
I'm royalty now, am I? [ There's more than a little amusement in his tone thanks to that being more entertaining on his end than it has any right to be, but he'll save acting formal for sometime later. Maybe. ] I haven't met many from Solvunn yet as you're right, I'm not from there. The Free Cities are who summoned me here at their whims, though more specifically I'm in Cadens. That makes us as close to neighbors as Abraxas allows for given the state of things.
[ While talking Claude continues to evaluate moves out of chess habits built up from a lifetime of playing and watching others do it. Now, however, he shifts another pawn less in any specific plan and more because it allows him to do the following that much sooner. And purely to entertain himself and with no small amount of mischief present, he'll bow as much as being seated allows him to do with all the flourish of royalty along with, ] I believe it's your turn now, my lady in pink. And perhaps you can tell me a bit about Solvunn as well, though you choose what you'd like that to be.