[ Admiration for Waffle's move - admittedly a good one, even if it means he's lost - is on the tip of his tongue, but it's wiped away when Hilda turns that look on him. Oh no. He knows exactly what that look means, and the smile on his own face shifts to wariness in nearly the exact same moment. ]
You're really just gonna leave those questions hanging over me? That's just cruel!
[ Whining for the sake of being dramatic aside: Claude would absolutely do the same thing if the tables were turned. It's more fun that way to leave suspense in there, isn't it? That's his logic anyway, but it's not going to stop him from heaving a deeply weighted sigh now that it's been turned on him. As if he didn't agree to this. (As if he wouldn't do whatever Hilda asked, anyway.) ]
I see how it is. C'mon then, time for you to have some victory tea and for me to drown my sorrows in it.
[ That's too much seriousness to keep up for too long without grinning, which is exactly what he does while slinging an arm around Hilda's shoulders as they wander off in search of that tea. Maybe at Teach's old favorite gazebo, just for old times' sake. ]
THEY SURE DID and it's a wrap!
You're really just gonna leave those questions hanging over me? That's just cruel!
[ Whining for the sake of being dramatic aside: Claude would absolutely do the same thing if the tables were turned. It's more fun that way to leave suspense in there, isn't it? That's his logic anyway, but it's not going to stop him from heaving a deeply weighted sigh now that it's been turned on him. As if he didn't agree to this. (As if he wouldn't do whatever Hilda asked, anyway.) ]
I see how it is. C'mon then, time for you to have some victory tea and for me to drown my sorrows in it.
[ That's too much seriousness to keep up for too long without grinning, which is exactly what he does while slinging an arm around Hilda's shoulders as they wander off in search of that tea. Maybe at Teach's old favorite gazebo, just for old times' sake. ]