Ashton frowned. He hadn't really enjoyed how Claude had shrugged him off like that and then quickly agreed. He (probably correctly) had assumed Claude had talked about that stuff during the chapel shift with Dias. Even so, Ashton didn't have a strong enough backbone to press Claude about his careless answer, so he simply repeated, "..Ok, that's good. I was kind of worried, after all."

He looked down at his plate, suddenly somewhat awkward. Claude obviously didn't want to talk about such a thing. Maybe that was for the best. Who knew what Claude and Dias had said to each other?

Picking up his burger again, he answered Claude. "Yeah. I mean, it hurts once in a while, and I feel really violated, but what else is new? Axel kind of helped me out. I mean, helping me to decode what they did, I guess." He shrugged, then took a bite of his burger, speaking as soon as he had swallowed. "Dias too, but."

He narrowed his eyes, looking at Claude rather quizzically. "Claude. Are you happy?"