[Claude isn't the only one testing - Linhardt had heard about Horizon before meeting Claude and he'd already learned that apparently Claude withheld information from Hilda. Seeing what Claude does and doesn't mention about Horizon is useful.]
I see. I do often misunderstand social intentions. Hence why I find them frustrating.
[It doesn't take much convincing for Linhardt to accept that Claude may have had different intentions for specifying that he was going to be forthcoming about matters in Abraxas, but Linhardt is also not going to assume that Claude is telling the truth about why he said what he had. Claude lying and Linhardt misunderstanding seem to be equally likely at the moment, so it would be unwise to assume one way or the other. It also isn't the most striking question that Linhardt needs answered and he doesn't really care if Claude is plotting things so long as Linhardt's boundaries are respected.]
You've been here a year. Of course - Fodlan is not going to be your immediate concern. Abraxas is preferable to Fodlan in at least one way: Nobody knows who I am here. I do not mind that it is confusing, although not being able to identify what variable or variables are throwing off all of my warp casting is frustrating. The math still seems solid, so there must be additional things to consider that Fodlanese magic has not isolated.
Mandatory visits?
[Now Linhardt frowns and his displeasure is simple: Forced social interaction? Being made to go do something? It's like watching a cat hiss; Linhardt just looks disgruntled at the idea. He wants to travel, but he wants to travel on his own terms.]
Explain these mandatory visits.
[Linhardt raises an eyebrow at Claude's question, but otherwise doesn't comment. He does not have enough information to read into it.]
I was referring to the real Monica, not the thing wearing her likeness that was planted in Garreg Mach after Flayn's kidnapping - I knew her somewhat before she went to the Officer's Academy. It was obviously not her, and I mentioned my concerns to the Professor, but...
[Linhardt trails off - They both understood there were reasons to be quiet about some things and by that point it had been hard to trust anybody.]
I didn't like Monica, but she had the best memory of anyone I've ever known. Much better than mine. Which is why it was so frustrating she had the intellectual curiosity of a rock. Or Hubert. She would have been useful filling in the library.
[And speaking of the library... Linhardt gives Claude a small smirk.]
I promise nothing. And red ink will be easy to come by in Horizon.
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I see. I do often misunderstand social intentions. Hence why I find them frustrating.
[It doesn't take much convincing for Linhardt to accept that Claude may have had different intentions for specifying that he was going to be forthcoming about matters in Abraxas, but Linhardt is also not going to assume that Claude is telling the truth about why he said what he had. Claude lying and Linhardt misunderstanding seem to be equally likely at the moment, so it would be unwise to assume one way or the other. It also isn't the most striking question that Linhardt needs answered and he doesn't really care if Claude is plotting things so long as Linhardt's boundaries are respected.]
You've been here a year. Of course - Fodlan is not going to be your immediate concern. Abraxas is preferable to Fodlan in at least one way: Nobody knows who I am here. I do not mind that it is confusing, although not being able to identify what variable or variables are throwing off all of my warp casting is frustrating. The math still seems solid, so there must be additional things to consider that Fodlanese magic has not isolated.
Mandatory visits?
[Now Linhardt frowns and his displeasure is simple: Forced social interaction? Being made to go do something? It's like watching a cat hiss; Linhardt just looks disgruntled at the idea. He wants to travel, but he wants to travel on his own terms.]
Explain these mandatory visits.
[Linhardt raises an eyebrow at Claude's question, but otherwise doesn't comment. He does not have enough information to read into it.]
I was referring to the real Monica, not the thing wearing her likeness that was planted in Garreg Mach after Flayn's kidnapping - I knew her somewhat before she went to the Officer's Academy. It was obviously not her, and I mentioned my concerns to the Professor, but...
[Linhardt trails off - They both understood there were reasons to be quiet about some things and by that point it had been hard to trust anybody.]
I didn't like Monica, but she had the best memory of anyone I've ever known. Much better than mine. Which is why it was so frustrating she had the intellectual curiosity of a rock. Or Hubert. She would have been useful filling in the library.
[And speaking of the library... Linhardt gives Claude a small smirk.]
I promise nothing. And red ink will be easy to come by in Horizon.
[F-, Claude von Riegan. F-.]