[ There's an eyebrow raised first at Jayce and then joining up with the military. Briefly, he wonders if it's because she has a background in it herself as well - something they'd have in common - but. Probably best to not get into his opinions of this particularly military and its leaders while sitting in the middle of a tavern, so he nods in response. ]

That's definitely fortunate in that case. Both for avoiding enlisting and for Jayce finding you since we're lucky to have both him and Viktor here.

[ A bit of fishing there to see if Viktor is someone else she knows, purely out of curiosity in being able to connect the invisible dots on relationships or the lack thereof. Nosiness without anything else behind it currently, and more so relief that there's two more than capable people to guide her around. Claude takes a pause for a sip of his own tea and as he sets the cup down he flashes another grin Caitlyn's direction. ]

Nothing wrong with a peculiar sense of humor at all, if you ask me. That means you've got one, and that's far better than having none whatsoever. Life's too short to not appreciate all jokes since it's good to have opportunities to laugh. As you said, any levity always helps.

[ And it's incredibly important for seeing things clearer just as she's said, or when those things get bleak. A thought he'd be inclined to voice out there if not for the tension all around Cadens now that'll make its importance apparent enough in time, and also because something else she's said has distracted Claude from that line of thought. ]

You mentioned something about being on a case. Are you a researcher as well, or in the same line of work as Jayce and Viktor?