[Byleth can practically feel the internal wince over the Communion. He knows Byleth isn't stupid, knows that he must have noticed, but Claude typically gets by on confrontation about his behaviour with... more deflection and obfuscation. At that point, most people give up.
But he won't do that to Byleth. Not after he'd just given him some solid advice, and not after Claude himself had acknowledged that hiding so much for so long was wrong. So he grits his teeth, and quashes down his discomfort.]
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But he won't do that to Byleth. Not after he'd just given him some solid advice, and not after Claude himself had acknowledged that hiding so much for so long was wrong. So he grits his teeth, and quashes down his discomfort.]
All right, then. What do you want to know?