[ The first part of that's going to be put aside for now. It's done with the note to himself that now it's his turn to silently question the tone in it, like it's a joke concealing something else inside. Sylvain's not wrong about the sentiment, but there's an elaborate web of things wound around it that even Claude's not looking at too closely. No need to start now as far as he's concerned.
It's also true they've never been stopped by a bad idea, but there's a world of difference between needling each other into eating too much glowing candy among all the other harmlessly dumb ones since, and what this would mean if they decided to undertake it. Or if Sylvain does, since Claude's well aware there's nothing he can do to stop the other man if he decides to. All the better to check on a suspicion he has while keeping a level gaze on the person next to him. ]
And what experience do you have with doing that?
[ Because Claude has the experience in question, even if the application was different and not for nefarious (to him) purposes. It's also not something he's particularly eager to repeat without some serious thought first, but - he's listening. ]
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It's also true they've never been stopped by a bad idea, but there's a world of difference between needling each other into eating too much glowing candy among all the other harmlessly dumb ones since, and what this would mean if they decided to undertake it. Or if Sylvain does, since Claude's well aware there's nothing he can do to stop the other man if he decides to. All the better to check on a suspicion he has while keeping a level gaze on the person next to him. ]
And what experience do you have with doing that?
[ Because Claude has the experience in question, even if the application was different and not for nefarious (to him) purposes. It's also not something he's particularly eager to repeat without some serious thought first, but - he's listening. ]