[ Claude just watches as Sylvain cycles through reactions. He gets that all too well having not done it that long ago - or he's still in the midst of it, if he takes a second to be honest with himself - and as for running into people they knew on the opposite side of battles? A wry smile appears on his face. Yeah, that's also too familiar for him. ]
I don't know. Honestly. I've asked around in the Free Cities and checked the Horizon in case someone else from home was in Thorne or Solvunn, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one here unless I just haven't found them somehow. I'm not sure I'd wish this on anyone, so sorry you've been stuck with it too. At least we're in the same place?
[ Claude barely restrains a sigh in favor of taking a long drink himself, then leans forward to prop his elbows on the edge of the table. ]
They won't do anything to you if you just leave. Someone I came into Cadens with on that first day just didn't go back that night and nothing happened, so I left not too long after that without saying anything. But I don't think any of us should kid ourselves that we aren't being watched regardless of where we are.
[ It's comforting in a terrible sort of way that Sylvain seems to feel the same about all of this. The sentiment is shared by plenty of Summoned, he's found, but this is different. Now it's someone else who lived through the same war he did. Or, well - probably. Right? ]
I started out doing that, yeah. No reason not to when it gets you out of the barracks when you have no money, and Mag's a good person I don't mind helping out. Lately I've been picking up other odd jobs here and there to cover the rent and help out other people she knows, like - [ a vague gesture meant to be towards the front door - ] my merchant friend from before. There's better paying jobs to be had but most of them require a weapon and I haven't quite managed the funds for that.
[ There's no mistaking Claude's back to teasing now when he follows that up with, ] Just in case it isn't clear, this is all a little different than being nobility.
i'm dying i didn't think that through but you know what CLOSE ENOUGH
I don't know. Honestly. I've asked around in the Free Cities and checked the Horizon in case someone else from home was in Thorne or Solvunn, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one here unless I just haven't found them somehow. I'm not sure I'd wish this on anyone, so sorry you've been stuck with it too. At least we're in the same place?
[ Claude barely restrains a sigh in favor of taking a long drink himself, then leans forward to prop his elbows on the edge of the table. ]
They won't do anything to you if you just leave. Someone I came into Cadens with on that first day just didn't go back that night and nothing happened, so I left not too long after that without saying anything. But I don't think any of us should kid ourselves that we aren't being watched regardless of where we are.
[ It's comforting in a terrible sort of way that Sylvain seems to feel the same about all of this. The sentiment is shared by plenty of Summoned, he's found, but this is different. Now it's someone else who lived through the same war he did. Or, well - probably. Right? ]
I started out doing that, yeah. No reason not to when it gets you out of the barracks when you have no money, and Mag's a good person I don't mind helping out. Lately I've been picking up other odd jobs here and there to cover the rent and help out other people she knows, like - [ a vague gesture meant to be towards the front door - ] my merchant friend from before. There's better paying jobs to be had but most of them require a weapon and I haven't quite managed the funds for that.
[ There's no mistaking Claude's back to teasing now when he follows that up with, ] Just in case it isn't clear, this is all a little different than being nobility.