[ The doors shutting is noted though Claude doesn't bother to look that direction. It's a prudent move, one that makes sense given what's likely to come up. All the better to cut off any chances for eavesdropping long before they start.
He studies the process of the tea being poured for a bit before his gaze flicks back up to Kyle's face while the other man talks, his own expression set to polite neutrality to show he's listening with no intentions to interrupt. Learning about where someone comes from was a sincere comment and though there's nothing to be done with the information about Kyle's home, he considers it carefully before filing it away. ]
I've noticed the same about what those Summoned call Earth, that even the countries and places seem to vary. I don't... think that 'earth' is a good title from where I'm from, since much of it is referred to by the title of the major continent there called Fodlan. Though it's-- well, was separated into countries within it. But there is a part that was laid to waste centuries ago and has been a contained fire ever since. I've stood in it and it's hotter beyond any desert I've ever seen, as if the ground has a grudge against anyone who steps foot there and earned being called the Valley of Torment.
But - we do also have lots of floral teas. If it's a kind of tea you like, I have several common to Fodlan in my own domain I can bring by next time.
[ Or he'll have on hand if there is a next time, or if that next time takes place in his own domain instead. Claude accepts the tea and not being one for sweets nods once in gratitude for the offer of the honey but doesn't partake. The tea is lightly scented and makes him think of Lorenz, since it's the sort his friend favors.
No use in thinking about home when they're here in the present. ]
What Thorne did to Libertas - and now what the Free Cities has done to Thorne in turn - is... very close to some of what I witnessed during the war in Fodlan. It wasn't two nations attacking each other there as there was another faction no one knew about involved, but the technology of the attacks? [ Claude presses his lips together in a thin line briefly. ] Too similar and too much destruction. I hope it's not what happened in your home as well, though it sounds like it might be.
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He studies the process of the tea being poured for a bit before his gaze flicks back up to Kyle's face while the other man talks, his own expression set to polite neutrality to show he's listening with no intentions to interrupt. Learning about where someone comes from was a sincere comment and though there's nothing to be done with the information about Kyle's home, he considers it carefully before filing it away. ]
I've noticed the same about what those Summoned call Earth, that even the countries and places seem to vary. I don't... think that 'earth' is a good title from where I'm from, since much of it is referred to by the title of the major continent there called Fodlan. Though it's-- well, was separated into countries within it. But there is a part that was laid to waste centuries ago and has been a contained fire ever since. I've stood in it and it's hotter beyond any desert I've ever seen, as if the ground has a grudge against anyone who steps foot there and earned being called the Valley of Torment.
But - we do also have lots of floral teas. If it's a kind of tea you like, I have several common to Fodlan in my own domain I can bring by next time.
[ Or he'll have on hand if there is a next time, or if that next time takes place in his own domain instead. Claude accepts the tea and not being one for sweets nods once in gratitude for the offer of the honey but doesn't partake. The tea is lightly scented and makes him think of Lorenz, since it's the sort his friend favors.
No use in thinking about home when they're here in the present. ]
What Thorne did to Libertas - and now what the Free Cities has done to Thorne in turn - is... very close to some of what I witnessed during the war in Fodlan. It wasn't two nations attacking each other there as there was another faction no one knew about involved, but the technology of the attacks? [ Claude presses his lips together in a thin line briefly. ] Too similar and too much destruction. I hope it's not what happened in your home as well, though it sounds like it might be.