[ Sylvain’s actually grateful for the interruption, because the arrival of the server looming over them is a great distraction from the slight wince he can’t quite hide at Claude’s words. They’d jabbed a sore spot for him, one he usually kept pretty deeply buried.
He didn’t think it counted as giving up when you knew it was pointless to actually try in the first place.
He hadn’t missed that surge of intent focus, however. Curiosity? Something else? He was still working at interpreting the things he picks up from Claude half the time. Mostly because what he felt and what he showed often didn’t quite match up. Nothing with Claude was ever as straightforward as he might make it appear.
But for now, he just smiles charmingly at their confused server as he takes the pair of menus and passes one over to Claude, asking for an appetizer and drink refills for them both while they figure out what they want to order. When the server wanders away again, he glances up from his menu to wink at the man across from him. ]
Order whatever you want. I can finally pay back those first few days when I had to mooch off you shamelessly.
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He didn’t think it counted as giving up when you knew it was pointless to actually try in the first place.
He hadn’t missed that surge of intent focus, however. Curiosity? Something else? He was still working at interpreting the things he picks up from Claude half the time. Mostly because what he felt and what he showed often didn’t quite match up. Nothing with Claude was ever as straightforward as he might make it appear.
But for now, he just smiles charmingly at their confused server as he takes the pair of menus and passes one over to Claude, asking for an appetizer and drink refills for them both while they figure out what they want to order. When the server wanders away again, he glances up from his menu to wink at the man across from him. ]
Order whatever you want. I can finally pay back those first few days when I had to mooch off you shamelessly.