[ Yeah, that tiny outburst more or less sums up exactly how Claude's feeling right at this moment even if he's valiantly trying to not show more than he has. Watching Sylvain struggle with it has him contemplating going to get yet another round of drinks just as a preventative measure, but what he's asked gives him pause. ]
Even if there's any chance that things somehow are the same, would it even be fair if I told you? That feels a lot like gambling with fate in a way that I don't think either of us should be fond of. I spoke to Dimitri briefly that day, though. You don't have to explain that part.
[ Claude offers a smile with that, one that's meant to be understanding and not pity. Outside of remembering that so-called trial and supposed execution, there's context to the Dimitri that greeted them on the battlefield he may never know - something he's happier to leave a mystery for once. As for Teach, he spends a second rubbing his brow in thought. ]
Teach disappeared that same day the Empire attacked. I was near the chasm he fell into, and-- [ Claude stops and presses his lips together in a thin line before taking a drink. ] Anyway. He's always said he was asleep for all those years and his story's never once changed. It's never made sense to me, but what's one more entry on the long list of strange things Teach does?
[ That's an attempt at a joke but it falls rather flat since even if Claude's just said he won't be revealing the future, it's too difficult to not comb back through the past with the temptation to double check all of it. Maybe it's better to focus on Teach: someone consistent, somewhat, even if nothing else is. ]
I went back to Garreg Mach when the millennium festival should've happened if war hadn't and broke into the Goddess Tower just for fun. And because I was curious what the view from the top looked like, and then there Teach was strolling up like he'd never left.
you're totally fine, there's never any rush so take your time!
Even if there's any chance that things somehow are the same, would it even be fair if I told you? That feels a lot like gambling with fate in a way that I don't think either of us should be fond of. I spoke to Dimitri briefly that day, though. You don't have to explain that part.
[ Claude offers a smile with that, one that's meant to be understanding and not pity. Outside of remembering that so-called trial and supposed execution, there's context to the Dimitri that greeted them on the battlefield he may never know - something he's happier to leave a mystery for once. As for Teach, he spends a second rubbing his brow in thought. ]
Teach disappeared that same day the Empire attacked. I was near the chasm he fell into, and-- [ Claude stops and presses his lips together in a thin line before taking a drink. ] Anyway. He's always said he was asleep for all those years and his story's never once changed. It's never made sense to me, but what's one more entry on the long list of strange things Teach does?
[ That's an attempt at a joke but it falls rather flat since even if Claude's just said he won't be revealing the future, it's too difficult to not comb back through the past with the temptation to double check all of it. Maybe it's better to focus on Teach: someone consistent, somewhat, even if nothing else is. ]
I went back to Garreg Mach when the millennium festival should've happened if war hadn't and broke into the Goddess Tower just for fun. And because I was curious what the view from the top looked like, and then there Teach was strolling up like he'd never left.