claude

[rippled]

my bf

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[midway]

[ YOU'RE JUST ENDING THE THREAD? THEY DIDN'T EGG TALK ]

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[ EGG TALK



they can regroup after they are free so now they are full of the knowledge of gossip that they did not have previously. the regrouping is not on purpose it is just outside after yves makes out with claude i guess (delusional)

that just made me even more confused... ]

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[ Just lingers in the vicinity for some reason.

Me too. ]

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[ ...

they are going through some mental gymnastics here. trying to decide something very quick now that there is no crowd. ]

Claude...

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...

What is it?

[ awkward ]

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[ they didn't think this far ahead.

i didn't think this far ahead. ]

May I speak with you for a moment?

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[ HELP

Wha is this going to be about then? ]

Sure.

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We keep ending up in the same place a lot for some reason. I know that must be uncomfortable, after I said I'd stay out of your way...

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... It's alright.

I don't want to keep you from your friends.

1/2

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[ hnnnnn

this is so hard when they're trying to be thoughtful. should they just stop being thoughtful? maybe they should have no thoughts. ]

I...

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I have decided you are still my friend.

[ OKAY. ]

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[






HELP ]

Is that something you can decide on your own?

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I do not know.

[ they are making this up as they go. ]

But I need to be upfront about my intentions.

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Your... intentions? What does that mean?

[ What is going on. ]

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[ don't ask questions back!!!!!! just nod your head!!!! ]

My intentions.

[midway]

. . .

Saber.

Are you saying... you won't let me go?

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[ don't word it like that. i hate it here. ]

Again, I will not bother you if you really do not want me to. I do not lack common sense and can accept when I am not welcomed.

[ but claude's thoughts at least gives the impression that even if he's holding a grudge he does not hate them as much as saber thought he did. so. ]

But I wanted to at least... try...

[ mumbles ]

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[ is that not the sentiment ]

I really don't have a forgiving personality, you know. [ He's so petty. ] But... I'm also not used to having friends like this.

I can't help that I find you enjoyable to be around.

[ But I can't help but remember what happened, either. ]

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[ wondering if they should choose to pretend they didn't hear that or acknowledge... hm... ah, well. ]

I do not expect you to forget that. Striking against someone that you call a companion carries a lot of weight, and I have no inclination to erase that. You could retaliate against me right now and it would be well within your rights and more.

[ ... ]

I have simply gotten tired of this place telling me that I cannot hold onto anything. So, I will hold onto you. But you're free to let go!

[ they just needed to make an attempt, instead of awkwardly fluttering around him whenever they're in the same room together. ]

[midway]

[ Okay, well. That is so incredibly sweet that Claude doesn't really know what to do. He's never had someone that wanted to hold on to him, even after being victim to his pettiness and arrogance. Most of the people around him, are waiting for one wrong move. One chance to prove that their instinct to not trust him is right.

He hasn't even done anything for Saber. At least at home he had his intellect, and the battles that he won. Why would Saber put up with him, even knowing that, really, they're in the right for acting against a murderer? ]

Saber.

[ STRUGGLING TO COMPOSE HIS THOUGHTS ]

... I'm sorry. For making you endure striking down a friend again.

[ That doesn't really address what Saber said to him, but he's still processing. ]

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[ sometimes, you just keep losing and losing people, until eventually you are ready to make any desperate attempt to finally get something to work.

and, well. that does not address what saber said, but the sentiment still hit nonetheless. saber has been truthful that they are fine with having to do things like that because it is what they are used to. would they still prefer not to? yes. absolutely yes. but they will still do it without complaint. ]

... I'd rather it be me than someone else. [ ... ] Friend, hm?

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We were friends when you decided to attack me, weren't we?

[ Don't get too cocky.

But- he doesn't know. It's weird. It's not like he thought Saber was necessarily wrong, or that they derived any joy out of helping kill him. It was really a petulant sense of... you don't care about me. Which is childish, but isn't that what the feeling of betrayal really is?

Saber though... despite that, and his behaviour, still wants to be here. ]

And we still can be, since it seems like that's what you want.

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Shouldn't it be what you want?

[ it's muttered.

but it also seems like claude is just kind of bad at saying what he wants. ]

But it is quite simple. I like you, and wish to continue to be your friend. I apologize for attacking you, and I am not seeking forgiveness for what. I just want... a path forward, for us. If that is okay.

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[ He is bad at saying what he wants.

Lifts his brows. ]

You like me... huh.

[ I like you too, despite everything. ]

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[ deeply wondering if they are allowed to acknowledge that or not.

instead, they will just smile. ]

Then we will figure it out. Just tell me when you need space.

[ thank goodness. ]