[ Got him.

But then again, Hilda fed a similar line to Sylvain earlier when she took him shopping for clothes. If the boys were going to place silly bets, then she'd sit back and stoke the flames in any way she could. It was all in the name of harmless fun anyway, right? And besides it would be a fun story to relay to Wanda later when they had tea.

And thankfully, knowing each other thing goes both ways; she's entirely aware of what he's doing. Claude is right - Aquila does have more fashion choices than Cadens does, but what he doesn't know is that she's already gone through it from top to bottom with Sylvain. She pauses, eyes staring unblinkingly at Claude before moving to replace the dress onto the hanger, voice full of a carefully crafted wonder. ]

Really, you think so? [ When she turns around she looks every bit convinced. ] I mean, you're still going on this date because a bet is a bet, but I can't let you leave without doing your hair first at least.

[ And besides, doing his hair first means it'll be less likely to get mussed when she eventually shoves him into the dress. ]