[ That just gets a noise of consideration from Claude like he's giving this Deep Thought rather than being completely proud of himself he didn't actually break out into laughter like the extreme temptation to do so insisted. Something he's noticed not for the first time when it comes to Sylvain being all too good at getting past the guards he usually holds everyone else to and behind - or that the other man's long past made his way past them, really. Maybe he could blame it on that smirk, or maybe he could blame it on all those lines they've traded playfully - but the reality is it's something he's seen in Sylvain far past any of that in return.

Right now, though, he's committed to this round of teasing and though the innocent look fades slightly, he nods slowly afterwards. ]

You know, I think I have a book on that, too. Maybe I'll give you a prize if you can find it in with all the others.