[Of course he jests. He was always doing that, and though she swore that she hated it, that it vexed her sorely even when it wasn’t hate…]
Tch-
[She will not dignify a joke with a serious answer. She will not. Of course it isn’t just because she is near, how could she unsettle such a large creature? It was because-
Because talking about the wyvern is far easier than talking about herself. About him. About… them.]
Why would she be missing you?
[It becomes more like a lie, an act, because she has heard from the soldiers here that Claude came often, but-]
Have you been neglecting her?
[If she had not been stood here… would he have send another message? Would he have come to speak with her in person- ?]
no subject
Tch-
[She will not dignify a joke with a serious answer. She will not. Of course it isn’t just because she is near, how could she unsettle such a large creature? It was because-
Because talking about the wyvern is far easier than talking about herself. About him. About… them.]
Why would she be missing you?
[It becomes more like a lie, an act, because she has heard from the soldiers here that Claude came often, but-]
Have you been neglecting her?
[If she had not been stood here… would he have send another message? Would he have come to speak with her in person- ?]