[ Sylvain blinks at the unexpected question and then bursts into laughter. ]

Wow, I've never been called out quite so swiftly. But that's difficult to answer. I think we both got into equal amounts of trouble, just entirely different sorts. [ He grins, amused as he recalls their time together back at school. They'd had some classes together, but Claude's schedule had been considerably more packed with lessons than Sylvain's own, considering who he was. That and Sylvain was pretty bad at applying himself in general. ]

Claude was always right in the middle of everything. Shocking, I know. You'd never guess it, knowing him now, right? [ His smirk definitely gives that away as sarcasm. ] I swear he knew every secret there was to know in the school. Or if he didn't, he'd focus on puzzling it out until he did. I'm pretty sure he was always up to some sort of mischief or other. I'm not sure his brain ever stops working, but that's true now, too.

[ Sylvain still has no idea how he does it. Sounds exhausting, if you ask him. ]