[ Meanwhile, Claude's too busy looking at the menu to notice anything's off after that comment though it does seem a little strange there's not some witty comeback fired back his direction. Food options are a bit more distracting since lunch seems like it was forever ago, but he does glance up when Sylvain speaks again in time to both catch that wink and what follows. ]
That's very gentlemanly of you. So you're saying that I should pick all the most expensive things on the menu, right? [ With a grin since that's definitely overdoing whatever generosity Sylvain's extending here, and because Claude doesn't really care about any paying back of anything. ] Considering the alternative was you enlisting since it's not like they make any other options clear, it was money well spent. Same for keeping everyone else out of there too.
[ He says it rather nonchalantly, like this is a joke they're both in on and that it wasn't that much of a matter of life and... well, not death since that's too dramatic even for Claude. But the alternative would've still been drastic, certainly, and he doesn't think that's an understatement with the hindsight of what they know now. Back to studying the menu it is though with so many options it's difficult to narrow down to a handful of choices and before too long - pestering Sylvain a little more follows. ]
What if, [ in what's absolutely a too casual prelude the other will probably recognize as what happens before a Claude Suggestion, ] we order a few things and try them all? Seems a shame to possibly miss out on something since who knows if we'll ever get to come back. Well, come back mostly for free, anyway.
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That's very gentlemanly of you. So you're saying that I should pick all the most expensive things on the menu, right? [ With a grin since that's definitely overdoing whatever generosity Sylvain's extending here, and because Claude doesn't really care about any paying back of anything. ] Considering the alternative was you enlisting since it's not like they make any other options clear, it was money well spent. Same for keeping everyone else out of there too.
[ He says it rather nonchalantly, like this is a joke they're both in on and that it wasn't that much of a matter of life and... well, not death since that's too dramatic even for Claude. But the alternative would've still been drastic, certainly, and he doesn't think that's an understatement with the hindsight of what they know now. Back to studying the menu it is though with so many options it's difficult to narrow down to a handful of choices and before too long - pestering Sylvain a little more follows. ]
What if, [ in what's absolutely a too casual prelude the other will probably recognize as what happens before a Claude Suggestion, ] we order a few things and try them all? Seems a shame to possibly miss out on something since who knows if we'll ever get to come back. Well, come back mostly for free, anyway.