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[donoteattheweeds]

[While Lorenz composes himself, the little teacup clatters its way across the table towards Dedue, as though looking for praise for its prank. There is something endearing about its antics, in the same way that one might find a kitten endearing even though it's knocked a glass off of the table-- but one should not encourage such behavior. It might lead to bad habits. Ruining Lorenz' cup of tea once may be amusing, but doing so regularly and indiscriminately would quickly become a nuisance.]

[Strange, though, that Lorenz knows the kind of teas that Dedue prefers. He isn't entirely sure when he would've found out about it or why he would've bothered, but Lorenz clearly took the time to do so.]

Yes, you are correct. I prefer cinnamon or ginger, though I do not mind other kinds.

[He drinks chamomile quite regularly since it's His Highness' favorite, and, on the relatively rare occasions that he did have tea with someone other than Dimitri, usually deferred to the other's tastes. He's a little unused to someone else accommodating him.]

[Then, with regards to Lorenz' giggling teacup,] Have you given a name to your mischievous companion?

[silky_bearing]

[Lorenz nods, pleased that his memory has not failed him, and he will return from the counter inside a moment later with a pot of tea that smells sweet and spicy as it steeps.]

It's a ginger... fruit? blend? [What's a peche? Who knows! It's peach ginger. He does sound a bit apologetic, uncertain if the fruit aspect with detract from Dedue's preference for ginger.]

Ah... I admit I haven't considered a name just yet. I was trying to get more of a feel for it's personality... Pity I can't call it Claude, given it's antics.

[For all the annoyance in his tone there's a fond sort of smile that tugs at his lips despite himself. It really has been far too long since anyone harassed him like this.]

[donoteattheweeds]

[Even if the addition of fruit did ruin the tea for Dedue's particular palate, he wouldn't be rude enough to say so, after Lorenz did him the courtesy of trying to cater to him. If he can drink sweet-apple tea with Annette without complaint, surely a little peach with the ginger will be fine.]

[The idea of Lorenz naming his mischievous teacup after Claude is an amusing one; Dedue thinks that Claude might not particularly mind being its namesake, either. Though Claude, to him at least, had always appeared as more of a busybody than a prankster, but perhaps that's simply because he was never the target. And it would, anyway, take a very bold sort of prankster to want to pull one over on him.]

There is nothing that prevents you from naming it as you wish. [Dedue named one of his own-- a gift from Felix-- Friendarius almost entirely for the look on Felix's face when he did.] I had been under the impression that Claude directed most of his efforts outside of his own house, however.

[That is to say, trying to get his nose into the other lords' business for whatever he was scheming at that time, rather than messing around with his fellow Deer.]

[silky_bearing]

[Perhaps it is uncharitable but as soon as Dedue suggests that the Deer got away without being subject to Claude's tomfoolery Lorenz scoffs, shaking his head.]

Nonsense. He got to bemuse himself at our expense day in and day out!

[Funny how, for all the indignation he attempts to put into his words there's still that same fondness that lingers in his expression, something wistful even. Their schooldays when there was nothing more to worry about than Claude's bad habits were... certainly a simpler time. Being able to bother Claude with mundanities instead of the heavier troubles that came later.]

Still I don't think it would be quite fair to inflict his name on this silly little teacup.

[A teacup that is eager to tug up the lid of the pot and sniff at the tea steeping inside. ]