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[ It's not quite a beach, but lounging by the pool with his legs in the water and his pants pulled up around his knees isn't all that bad.
He looks over when he spots Molly, grinning. ]
Hello, sir. You know, we've been here hardly a week and you've made yourself quite infamous.
He looks over when he spots Molly, grinning. ]
Hello, sir. You know, we've been here hardly a week and you've made yourself quite infamous.
[He's absolutely joining. Tossing his boots off to the side and rolling up his dumb circus print pants sticking his feet in there. Maybe disappointingly, they're humanoid feet instead of hooves.]
Oh, trust me, I go around looking like this-- [Gesturing to. Everything. Purple skin. Flashy jewelry. Horns.] Word travels fast. But are they good stories?
Oh, trust me, I go around looking like this-- [Gesturing to. Everything. Purple skin. Flashy jewelry. Horns.] Word travels fast. But are they good stories?
I know exactly what you mean.
[He makes a bit of a face, but it's mostly fond. Seems like ... something triggered that brief change in expression. It's probably fine.]
Say-- Forgive me if this is prying, I'm not normally into doing much of that, but ... do you remember all the same things they do?
[He makes a bit of a face, but it's mostly fond. Seems like ... something triggered that brief change in expression. It's probably fine.]
Say-- Forgive me if this is prying, I'm not normally into doing much of that, but ... do you remember all the same things they do?
[ He goes quiet at that, an instinctive reaction because he very much wishes that Molly hadn't asked. He can't wrestle with wondering whether to lie or tell the truth for too long without giving himself away.
But then again, Byleth already knows so. ]
No. I don't. At first I wondered if there were gaps in my memory, but I'm beginning to think it's something else entirely. [ He glances over at Molly. ] I'm guessing you're asking because you had a similar experience?
But then again, Byleth already knows so. ]
No. I don't. At first I wondered if there were gaps in my memory, but I'm beginning to think it's something else entirely. [ He glances over at Molly. ] I'm guessing you're asking because you had a similar experience?
[You know what? A very, very similar reaction goes on in Molly's expression. So at least he's in good company. He reaches up to toy with the piercing in his lip though, and after a second.]
Something along those lines. Ach. [And then he leans back on his hands.] 'Course, knowing myself, it's entirely possible I've just hit my head too hard and lost something.
Something along those lines. Ach. [And then he leans back on his hands.] 'Course, knowing myself, it's entirely possible I've just hit my head too hard and lost something.
[ Claude snorts, doing the opposite as he leans forward to set his elbows on his knees, looking down into the water. ]
That might be the case with me as well, but it still doesn't make sense. [ He glances over. ] What frightens you more? That your mind is unreliable or that there might be parallel worlds out there?
That might be the case with me as well, but it still doesn't make sense. [ He glances over. ] What frightens you more? That your mind is unreliable or that there might be parallel worlds out there?
Oh, that is a good question.
[He clicks his tongue while he thinks it over, kicking his feet a little.]
I suppose no one likes to think of their own mind as the enemy. So I'm going to have to go with that one. Other worlds, we can chalk up to the mysteries of the universe, but this? [He taps his head.] I have to live with as a very close friend.
[He clicks his tongue while he thinks it over, kicking his feet a little.]
I suppose no one likes to think of their own mind as the enemy. So I'm going to have to go with that one. Other worlds, we can chalk up to the mysteries of the universe, but this? [He taps his head.] I have to live with as a very close friend.
We're in agreement there. [ Claude leads his chin against his fist, thinking it over. ] I'd much rather deal with some doppelganger version of myself than have to worry that I can't trust my own mind.
[ He rubs his temple. ]
Just another thing to consider in addition to our mysterious arrival here.
[ He rubs his temple. ]
Just another thing to consider in addition to our mysterious arrival here.
[He looks at his hands for a minute. Maybe thinking about how he'd fight his doppleganger? But he flexes the hand where the snake tattoo winds down, ending in the red eye on the back and palm of it.]
Fair enough. Personally wouldn't be into the fight either - think I'd avoid him if I saw him. Might be a real weirdo.
Fair enough. Personally wouldn't be into the fight either - think I'd avoid him if I saw him. Might be a real weirdo.
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