It's hardly intruding if we've had tea here before, is it? I'm not sure I'd call it that.
[ Well - it kind of is this time, what with Claude's magicking the exterior doors out of existence to prevent anyone from walking in. Just teleporting in as Wilhelm and others have done: there's no real way around that, and so he's not going to dwell on. Just as he is, most assuredly, not going to give any hint or air of the other trespassing. Not when he likes Wilhelm, and he'd prefer to keep it that way.
So. Claude's about to offer the teen a smile and something else genial but then he catches those small tells thanks to years of storing up ways to read people to anticipate their next move. Unfortunately, with what he's learned as of late, those reactions aren't likely to be towards anything positive that Wilhelm's dealing with. ]
Are you hearing things or seeing them? [ It's blunt, more so than the last time he'd lobbed questions the teen's way. Though Claude's not planning to pry (for once), there's no point in letting politeness wave this on by. ] For me it's been seeing faces I never thought I would again. Can't say I'm a fan of the Singularity's work on this one.
[ Odd how he felt compelled to share that, he thinks afterwards, considering though offering support's in his nature - something Wilhelm semi-found out before - revealing that wasn't in his plans. But the concern about sharing is there and gone in a minute, like it never happened at all, like it won't lead to more questions or answers. ]
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[ Well - it kind of is this time, what with Claude's magicking the exterior doors out of existence to prevent anyone from walking in. Just teleporting in as Wilhelm and others have done: there's no real way around that, and so he's not going to dwell on. Just as he is, most assuredly, not going to give any hint or air of the other trespassing. Not when he likes Wilhelm, and he'd prefer to keep it that way.
So. Claude's about to offer the teen a smile and something else genial but then he catches those small tells thanks to years of storing up ways to read people to anticipate their next move. Unfortunately, with what he's learned as of late, those reactions aren't likely to be towards anything positive that Wilhelm's dealing with. ]
Are you hearing things or seeing them? [ It's blunt, more so than the last time he'd lobbed questions the teen's way. Though Claude's not planning to pry (for once), there's no point in letting politeness wave this on by. ] For me it's been seeing faces I never thought I would again. Can't say I'm a fan of the Singularity's work on this one.
[ Odd how he felt compelled to share that, he thinks afterwards, considering though offering support's in his nature - something Wilhelm semi-found out before - revealing that wasn't in his plans. But the concern about sharing is there and gone in a minute, like it never happened at all, like it won't lead to more questions or answers. ]