You shouldn't yell so much! That can cause headaches, you know. [The fact that Claude prompts the yelling gets casually ignored. All part of the teasing, really.]

That said, it's just another one of those things about this place that I don't really understand how or why it works, but that seems to just be fact nonetheless. There's a whole lot of things here that I've been having to accept working without rhyme or reason, just because there doesn't seem to be any way of figuring out the rhyme or reason.

[Honestly, that sentiment's kind of touching. Lysithea trusts and relies on him that much, that she's uncomfortable being separated like this...it's a reminder that, for all the teasing Claude does, they really do have a strong bond. He's developed relationships with Dimitri and Sylvain and Felix here, of course, but...there's something to be said for his Deer, specifically. Deeper bonds going back further.

The fact that this isn't quite his Lysithea doesn't factor into his considerations at all. Lysithea is Lysithea; she's one of his, so she means the world to him. They all do. And he'll look out for them, the same way he's always done his best to.]

Don't worry, kiddo. We'll figure out a way to get you to us as fast as possible.