[ The Queen being erratic is something he's heard several times over by now, but the fact that it bears repeating from so many in Thorne serves to emphasize how dire it has to be. While he's no stranger to a court fraught with dangers - at least one of those courts he had the benefit of growing up with and time to study it rather than being dropped into it.
That whoever's doing the summoning process is a new theory to him, and Claude doesn't bother hiding intense interest when he glances Natasha's way. ]
That's an angle I hadn't thought about before. [ Half said to himself more than anything else, but it'll help make a mental note of that to follow up with people he's talked to about the process of coming here involuntarily. ] It'd explain a lot about the first summonings and how it seems to be more... focused now.
[ Close enough, in the sense that he still stands by the assessment the Free Cities is looking for people to support them but given that hardly anyone's taken them up on that offer despite seeming like they would based on whatever information's known could also be explained by interference. The latter part of what she says gets a faint smile from Claude, though. ]
I wasn't raised to be a soldier, in the strictest sense, but I was a commander. Strategies were my specialty both in plans and while in the battles themselves. But make no mistake, I was in every fight myself. Can't ask people to do something you won't risk yourself for when it's something that important.
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That whoever's doing the summoning process is a new theory to him, and Claude doesn't bother hiding intense interest when he glances Natasha's way. ]
That's an angle I hadn't thought about before. [ Half said to himself more than anything else, but it'll help make a mental note of that to follow up with people he's talked to about the process of coming here involuntarily. ] It'd explain a lot about the first summonings and how it seems to be more... focused now.
[ Close enough, in the sense that he still stands by the assessment the Free Cities is looking for people to support them but given that hardly anyone's taken them up on that offer despite seeming like they would based on whatever information's known could also be explained by interference. The latter part of what she says gets a faint smile from Claude, though. ]
I wasn't raised to be a soldier, in the strictest sense, but I was a commander. Strategies were my specialty both in plans and while in the battles themselves. But make no mistake, I was in every fight myself. Can't ask people to do something you won't risk yourself for when it's something that important.