[you would think that kind of look would deter him, but when you've come face to face with the literal cheshire cat most smiles don't faze you. not to mention the fact that sora feels like he has a good impression of the kind of person claude might be.]
I'm telling you because I feel like a few people ought to know, and I trust you not to spread it around like some others might. The last thing we need to do is start worrying people if it really was a one-time thing.
[the idealist can be pragmatic.] Do you think you might be the wrong person?
(His smile doesn't waver. That's the thing with Claude. He's confident, certain, and above all--)
Of course, I think I'm right.
(He's a dreamer. Someone who believes he can change the world for the better. He has to believe he's right.)
Keeping secrets is one of my talents. But now we have another problem.
If someone out there is getting people to kill, we're in trouble. Helping their pawns might mean letting innocent people die until we can find a solution. You seem like a good kid, Sora, so let me ask you this: Can you live with that?
Okay. [it's that simple. innocent until proven guilty, and based on his own observations and claude's evident charisma, it's not the worst choice to make anyway.
he nods because yeah, that's a problem, but he doesn't answer right away. namely, he doesn't entirely know how to answer, but he seems to be debating how to phrase his thoughts.]
...we've lost people before because of wars other people started. [not that he likes it very much.] If I can find a way to make sure this doesn't happen again, I will. But if I can't, and if this is really something out of my control, then I'll just have to do everything I can to find a solution as fast as possible. And the people we do lose...[...well.] I'll just wish for them to come back in the end.
(Oh, no, that gets a laugh out of Claude, short and sharp. What an answer. He can't help but be amused. If wishes could bring people back... well, if this was a month or two ago, he'd probably dismiss it all. When you're dead, you're dead. There's no coming back.
And yet, he'd seen someone he'd thought he'd lost tear through the sky, and return...
He won't call it a miracle.
(He doesn't really believe in divinity like that.)
But he there's something else he believes in so...)
I think you and I will get along just fine. (He seems to understand the risks and costs involved,) Alright, count me in.
[it almost makes him jump, but he continues to watch him with the same sort of determination he's carried through this conversation. sometimes...you are from a canon where people really, truly, sometimes manage to come back from beyond.]
Nice. [he grins then, a little more than relieved and he looks a bit excited by the prospect.] I'm still figuring out some stuff, but I think I'm starting to understand some things around here. So...having somebody else to share it with should help a lot.
Don't worry too much about it. We're all starting from the same place here so don't stress about how much you do or don't know. The fact is, you know more now than you did before. Me, too, thanks to you. That's a step in the right direction so keep going that way.
(Talking to people, believing in others,)
It's always good to have someone you can toss ideas at but right now...
(Just gonna bump into Sora on purpose,)
A lot's happened. Give your head a bit of a rest. We'll talk again soon.
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I'm telling you because I feel like a few people ought to know, and I trust you not to spread it around like some others might. The last thing we need to do is start worrying people if it really was a one-time thing.
[the idealist can be pragmatic.] Do you think you might be the wrong person?
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Of course, I think I'm right.
(He's a dreamer. Someone who believes he can change the world for the better. He has to believe he's right.)
Keeping secrets is one of my talents. But now we have another problem.
If someone out there is getting people to kill, we're in trouble. Helping their pawns might mean letting innocent people die until we can find a solution. You seem like a good kid, Sora, so let me ask you this: Can you live with that?
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he nods because yeah, that's a problem, but he doesn't answer right away. namely, he doesn't entirely know how to answer, but he seems to be debating how to phrase his thoughts.]
...we've lost people before because of wars other people started. [not that he likes it very much.] If I can find a way to make sure this doesn't happen again, I will. But if I can't, and if this is really something out of my control, then I'll just have to do everything I can to find a solution as fast as possible. And the people we do lose...[...well.] I'll just wish for them to come back in the end.
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(Oh, no, that gets a laugh out of Claude, short and sharp. What an answer. He can't help but be amused. If wishes could bring people back... well, if this was a month or two ago, he'd probably dismiss it all. When you're dead, you're dead. There's no coming back.
And yet, he'd seen someone he'd thought he'd lost tear through the sky, and return...
He won't call it a miracle.
(He doesn't really believe in divinity like that.)
But he there's something else he believes in so...)
I think you and I will get along just fine. (He seems to understand the risks and costs involved,) Alright, count me in.
(Requirements met, recruitment unlocked.)
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Nice. [he grins then, a little more than relieved and he looks a bit excited by the prospect.] I'm still figuring out some stuff, but I think I'm starting to understand some things around here. So...having somebody else to share it with should help a lot.
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Don't worry too much about it. We're all starting from the same place here so don't stress about how much you do or don't know. The fact is, you know more now than you did before. Me, too, thanks to you. That's a step in the right direction so keep going that way.
(Talking to people, believing in others,)
It's always good to have someone you can toss ideas at but right now...
(Just gonna bump into Sora on purpose,)
A lot's happened. Give your head a bit of a rest. We'll talk again soon.
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there's more to say, but he can also acknowledge that it sure has been a long day, so he settles for a grin and he nods again.]
Yeah...I have a few more things I want to do before then, but I will. I'll come find you again if I learn anything else.