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[ they feel like they are losing this conversation "you can't lose a conversation" you can and it is happening right now. ]

No! Do I seem so vain? I can simply acknowledge that I am great without being concerned about reputation. A fact is a fact!

[midway]

[ Saber... Don't be silly? This isn't PVP? He is just curious about your perspective. ]

I won't deny that you are impressive, my friend. [ Hehe. Pokes their cheek. ] So, you're saying that... exceptional people are obliged to do exceptional things?

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[ anything can be pvp if you put your mind to it.

they are realizing claude is not going to let this go though. ]

I suppose. Although sometimes the most ordinary of people can completely change the tides, or someone who is allegedly great can sit and do nothing...

[midway]

[ He's not. This is the topic that his mind is circling tonight. ]

What I'm getting at...

Is trying to grapple with the reality that I've signed myself up to a life of this.

[ Leading. Being responsible for an entire nation. Navigating nobles biases and the demands of the population. Maybe the pressure will lessen once the war has passed, but somehow he doubts it. ]

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[ it really is an interesting thing to witness. the problems they had in heaven were so vastly different than the ones here that it may be hard to imagine the average day to day life for everyone may be. ]

Do you consider yourself an extraordinary person, Khalid?

[midway]

[ In heaven he was Fun Vacation Claude. Now he's Work Claude.

Blinks up at them. ]

You don't think so...?

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We're not discussing my opinion right now! It's yours! What do you think?

[ claude got to quiz saber... it's their turn now... ]

[midway]

[ Hehe. That makes him grin for a moment before simmering down, looking thoughtful. ]

No, I don't think I am. I don't think I have capabilities that others don't, it's just that... there's a specific future I want to see, and the only one that can make it happen is me.

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I think that being able to judge yourself objectively is something that people struggle to do.

[ it is, after all, easy to brag... whether or not what you say is the truth. ]

In any case, your determination is extraordinary. You are accepting a lot of hardship.

[midway]

[ Groans and turns onto his side so that he can bury his face into their abs. Oh... How comforting. ]

It's not like I can un-accept it. [ whine whine whine ] I almost miss heaven, and the feeling of having at least an hour with no obligations.

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[ they continue to pat him. ]

Is that so...? [ hmmm. ] Why don't we run away together?

[ ... ]

For an hour.

[midway]

[ ...

Peeks up at them. ]

What about being responsible?

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We can be responsible later. Think of it this way, if you are too overworked you may make a mistake.

[ saber pokes claude's cheek. ]

I'll drag you out if you protest.

[midway]

Will you now?

[ Interest increasing. ]

Where will we go?

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[ oh claude, your love of being manhandled.

but they are... thinking. ]

What are you in the mood for?

[midway]

[ WHAT OF IT ]

A nap by the water.

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I think I can arrange that.

[ continues to pet him. ]

Shall we make an escape?

[midway]

[ He's very cozy. ]

Time to sneak into the stables?

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Heh, you'll see that I'm the best at sneaking.

[ yeah okay

but they will give claude a final pat, before they shift... so that they can scoop him up. hi. they did they they'd kidnap him. ]

[midway]

[ OKAY SABER

But WOW!! His eyes go wide a second as Saber hoists him up without even a second of hesitation. He's torn between his toxic masculinity and his joy of being manhandled...

In the end, he decides to let Saber do as they please. ]

Okay, show me what you got then.

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[ claude your toxic masculinity... be free...

saber is not thinking remotely about that considering how much they just picked iori up and ran around. but they peek outside of the tent... sees no one around... and makes a break for it. ]

See? It's not that bad.