[He shrugs a little, giving Ashe an apologetic look. Come on Ashe, you know how he is. Maybe he didn't recruit you in your time line but you're smart enough to get it. No matter how much they both might hate it.]
I'm still going to plan for the worst case scenario.
[He doesn't remember them being close, but he's not blind to the fact that Claude is someone who thinks and plans and schemes. Which were never with ill intent, mind you, despite how it sounds on paper. So, he nods, not in the least offended. Ashe, like most of the other Blue Lions, tends to think with his heart first before anything else.]
It's probably smart, honestly. I want to believe in the best, but if I'm wrong, then it's good someone else thinks ahead. I don't really have the mind for tactics anyway.
[Claude shakes his head a little. He honestly wouldn't want to see what would have to happen to make someone like Ashe become cold and calculating like him.]
This is... definitely going to make me re-evaluate some of my plans...
[And who he lets himself associate with. A thought which might just have his fingers coming up to touch that tasseled earring briefly. Dammit.]
[Ashe doesn't see himself changing much. He does want to believe in others when it seems feasible, but he also perfectly understands how people are capable of being cruel and selfish. Still, if someone gives up at the wrong time and there's someone in need, that seems so much worse.]
Your plans, huh? I won't ask. I imagine you'll share them if it becomes relevant for me to know.
[That earring! Again! He really wants to ask about that!]
[Well congratulations Ashe. This time he's winding down from his anxiety attack over Edelgard's mere presence. So asking about Bernadetta gets him to pause, head cocked for a moment, trying to follow the logic that would have lead Ashe to-
His gaze cuts to the side as though he can actually look at the little tassel that's given him away and this time his cheeks flush darkly.]
[And somewhere in the days before this conversation he had his hands on her ass. Yeah uh he's blushing okay. Hush, Ashe. You'll scare him away before he lets something slip.]
L-like I said, it's... sort of an agreement. Not- Whatever you're thinking it is.
[Information? What could Bernadetta possibly provide to Claude? Then again, he doesn't know, and... sadly, he does not have anything to offer him anyway. Ashe isn't sure he believes him completely, but he does shrug helplessly.]
I don't have much, even if I wanted to offer you something. Okay, I won't press on it.
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Date: 2021-03-09 09:55 pm (UTC)[He shrugs a little, giving Ashe an apologetic look. Come on Ashe, you know how he is. Maybe he didn't recruit you in your time line but you're smart enough to get it. No matter how much they both might hate it.]
I'm still going to plan for the worst case scenario.
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Date: 2021-03-09 10:50 pm (UTC)[He doesn't remember them being close, but he's not blind to the fact that Claude is someone who thinks and plans and schemes. Which were never with ill intent, mind you, despite how it sounds on paper. So, he nods, not in the least offended. Ashe, like most of the other Blue Lions, tends to think with his heart first before anything else.]
It's probably smart, honestly. I want to believe in the best, but if I'm wrong, then it's good someone else thinks ahead. I don't really have the mind for tactics anyway.
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Date: 2021-03-12 07:31 pm (UTC)[Claude shakes his head a little. He honestly wouldn't want to see what would have to happen to make someone like Ashe become cold and calculating like him.]
This is... definitely going to make me re-evaluate some of my plans...
[And who he lets himself associate with. A thought which might just have his fingers coming up to touch that tasseled earring briefly. Dammit.]
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Date: 2021-03-12 09:31 pm (UTC)[Ashe doesn't see himself changing much. He does want to believe in others when it seems feasible, but he also perfectly understands how people are capable of being cruel and selfish. Still, if someone gives up at the wrong time and there's someone in need, that seems so much worse.]
Your plans, huh? I won't ask. I imagine you'll share them if it becomes relevant for me to know.
[That earring! Again! He really wants to ask about that!]
How is Bernadetta doing?
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Date: 2021-03-14 12:25 am (UTC)His gaze cuts to the side as though he can actually look at the little tassel that's given him away and this time his cheeks flush darkly.]
She- uh... she's fine. As far as I know.
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Date: 2021-03-14 12:33 am (UTC)Ashe is so delighted.]
When did you two get so close?
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Date: 2021-03-14 03:51 am (UTC)L-like I said, it's... sort of an agreement. Not- Whatever you're thinking it is.
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Date: 2021-03-14 10:54 pm (UTC)Books! Right! HAH]
Probably something chivalrous and knightly out of some fairytale. I promise you it's just a form of collateral.
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Date: 2021-03-15 12:47 am (UTC)[Ah but he can't meet Ashe's eyes and say her name at the same time.]
Not Bernadetta.
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Date: 2021-03-15 02:12 am (UTC)[His arms are folded now and he's VERY curious.]
So collateral for what?
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Date: 2021-03-16 06:51 pm (UTC)[He's bluffing so goddamn hard but no matter what Ashe offers it's not going to be enough so it doesn't matter.... right?]
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Date: 2021-03-16 06:54 pm (UTC)I don't have much, even if I wanted to offer you something. Okay, I won't press on it.
[FOR NOW]
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Date: 2021-03-16 07:00 pm (UTC)You come up with something good and maybe someday I'll tell you~
[He's just going to sip his coffee and walk away because goddamn that was too close.]