[ That stare's too strong to be anything but trying to figure out what he's doing, and Claude narrowly resists the urge to smirk. Better to keep the event smile on his face even as Sylvain lectures him on winter and he's watching the next chess move while half-running through the possibilities of what to do next in his mind. ]

Derdriu's not much for snow since the sea keeps it rather warm. There's always Edmund to visit for that, though really you'd be better off in Goneril.

[ A better use for Fodlan's Throat than the Locket, anyway, when it comes to reasons to be there. But that's not part of the conversation, and so Claude shrugs. ]

I think I'll need a lot more than your coat and mine to survive it. But speaking of freezing, maybe you should be more worried about that.

[ Claude slides another piece into play and this time to menace a different one of Sylvain's before holding a hand out with his palm to the sky to gesture to the board. ]

If I capture that one, I think you should lose a piece of clothing. It is my birthday, after all.

[ Don't ask him to explain the logic. There is none aside from finding a new way to undress Sylvain, and to create another little friendly competition between them where everyone wins. ]