[when Claude so cavalierly offers this sudden information Hubert's expression closes off completely. He had done everything right- researched and listened and taken his time. Read the instructions for the gear and listened to others fumble with it, picking up how this place worked without ever exposing himself before he was ready. Realizing that he missed something so vital? It's a blow to his pride as a Vestra. And the fact that his face and body give nothing away, even the tinist thought... well that actually gives it all away.
His Murkrow, sensing the change, starts trying to preen his cowlicks.
Claude had to be lying, but why would he make up such an outrageous tale? It fits with the logic of this place as he's seen it, and worse is close enough to the "truth" to be scary. His smug expression is of a man with no fear of retaliation.
Whatever happened is safely past, Hubert has nothing on him.]
... so. There's others from Fodlan here as well then?
[His voice is a purr, the same tone he's used on prisoners given over to his "special" care. A tone that suggests he's learned something he can twist in the open wound.
It's a bluff- one he's sure he's right about, but a bluff all the same. If Claude's allies are here maybe Hubert's reputation alone can disarm him. An unspoken threat that there are people here he can find and hurt if he wants to]
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His Murkrow, sensing the change, starts trying to preen his cowlicks.
Claude had to be lying, but why would he make up such an outrageous tale? It fits with the logic of this place as he's seen it, and worse is close enough to the "truth" to be scary. His smug expression is of a man with no fear of retaliation.
Whatever happened is safely past, Hubert has nothing on him.]
... so. There's others from Fodlan here as well then?
[His voice is a purr, the same tone he's used on prisoners given over to his "special" care. A tone that suggests he's learned something he can twist in the open wound.
It's a bluff- one he's sure he's right about, but a bluff all the same. If Claude's allies are here maybe Hubert's reputation alone can disarm him. An unspoken threat that there are people here he can find and hurt if he wants to]