[ Some part of Claude had mistakenly thought finally saying this aloud would bring relief like what comes with removing a stubborn and painful splinter or treating a poisoned wound. Instead, he finds it's the opposite. There is a momentary flash of relief when Sylvain doesn't immediately ask the names of who in particular died or whether he's on that list. But then it's replaced - rightfully - by a sinking feeling as the other wilts before his eyes under the weight of this information, and he's not surprised a refill is in quick order.
Still. Before Sylvain can set the bottle down Claude grabs the end of it to get his attention more so than to dissuade any drinking and holds on to keep them paused there with it in mid-air. ]
Hey, look at me for a second.
[ Normally he'd exercise his mile-wide streak of patience here until Sylvain gives him some semblance of eye contact no matter what kind it ends up being, but who knows when that could be? Instead, he shakes his head and continues. ]
We don't know what any of this means when Petra lived something else entirely, and you've already told me you remember things that I don't because they couldn't have happened for me. Maybe this is another difference from... whatever this is. [ He'll sound less confident on that last part because how different can it be with them all at odds no matter how it happens? But it has to mean something; perhaps that's just his own quiet desperation that he's been dragging around for months or longer. ] It doesn't have to mean things always turn out the same if that's what you're thinking.
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Still. Before Sylvain can set the bottle down Claude grabs the end of it to get his attention more so than to dissuade any drinking and holds on to keep them paused there with it in mid-air. ]
Hey, look at me for a second.
[ Normally he'd exercise his mile-wide streak of patience here until Sylvain gives him some semblance of eye contact no matter what kind it ends up being, but who knows when that could be? Instead, he shakes his head and continues. ]
We don't know what any of this means when Petra lived something else entirely, and you've already told me you remember things that I don't because they couldn't have happened for me. Maybe this is another difference from... whatever this is. [ He'll sound less confident on that last part because how different can it be with them all at odds no matter how it happens? But it has to mean something; perhaps that's just his own quiet desperation that he's been dragging around for months or longer. ] It doesn't have to mean things always turn out the same if that's what you're thinking.