[ The remaining dinner is quickly packed up and stored away in the icebox before Sylvain heads out onto the terrace to join Claude, unsurprised to find him still in the midst of setting up the board.

Still, he grins with quiet pleasure at Claude's appreciation of his gift. ]

I'm glad you like it. I was originally gonna get Jace to help me, but... I ended up finding an artisan in Libertas I could commission to carve what I needed. I wasn't sure if it would be too much of a cliché or not, but I figured at least it would be a pretty collection for you.