Catch-all: Claude

[ercnerd]

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[ercnerd]

Hm . . . is that how I come off?

[He sets the cup down on the counter. It's a natural gesture, not a pensive one.]

Maybe it's because I used to be one?

[shaft]

You... hardly look any older than myself.

[ wait, "used" to be? ]

[ercnerd]

That's because I don't age.

[shaft]

[ . . . ]

Are you perhaps a dragon?

[ercnerd]

[He looks at Claude with the amused arch of his eyebrow. That's new.]

Do I look like a spirit to you? No, I'm human.

[shaft]

Never have I, in all my years, heard of a human who does not age... What elixir did you drink to gain this power?

[ercnerd]

[He takes a longer sip while Claude speaks. The cup lingers by his lips before he lowers it farther.]

Immortality isn't a power. It just means I stopped being mortal.

[shaft]

You make it sound as normal as hitting puberty.

[ercnerd]

It's not as dramatic.

[shaft]

[ He lifts a brow. ]

Was puberty that dramatic for you?

[ercnerd]

Was it not for you?

[shaft]

Not... particularly?

[ercnerd]

Was your childhood that unexciting?

[shaft]

That's what I'm starting to think. [ He lifts a brow. ] I'd be curious to hear your stories of puberty.

[ercnerd]

[He waves with his free hand.]

There's no time for that. Classes are starting soon—grab a drink or eat something while you're here.

[shaft]

[ boo ]

Are you making breakfast?

[ercnerd]

There are snacks on the table. I'd watch out for the ones in basket.

[shaft]

Did they give you a little confidence boost?

[ercnerd]

No . . . I felt like talking to everyone.

[He sighs.]

Just thinking about it wears me out.

[shaft]

Ah, not normally the chatty type?

[ercnerd]

Chatting is fine, but I walked and stood around way too much. My legs were killing me.

[shaft]

You must've made yourself quite popular though.

[ He's going to nosy around the room now... he's never been to a coffeehouse. ]

[ercnerd]

[Please, tall child, eat or drink something.

Sieghart, meanwhile, leans back with a smirk.]

My popularity hasn't cooled in six hundred years.

[shaft]

Didn't you mention you had children? You haven't forgone popularity for your family?

[ercnerd]

That was a long time ago. I don't live with my descendants.