Claude blinked at his initial response. It looked like he had to think kind of hard to answer him, but it was difficult to tell whether it was because it was so long ago, or because of something else.
Guy had mentioned living in Luke's family's mansion before, but he'd left out the servant part. "Oh, I didn't know you worked for his family," he said after a moment, a little regretful that he'd unintentionally brought Luke up yet again. But by this point, it was probably inevitable, wasn't it?
Still, that was an awful lot of responsibility for someone young to have, and it explained why he couldn't really think of anything specific he'd done to amuse himself when he was a kid. Had he been born into servitude, or had something else happened for him to wind up with a job like that at such a young age? Claude had no idea how social classes functioned on Auldrant, but Guy had made it sound like working as Peony's servant was his own choice. He wasn't sure if he ought to poke around at those details, though, and decided not to question all that too much for now.
It didn't really answer his question in terms of what a typical Auldrantian child did for fun, but he was already starting to get the sense that Guy was anything but typical. That certainly didn't make Claude think any less of Guy, but he couldn't help but feel a little concerned sometimes. He'd mentioned a traumatic event in his childhood, hadn't he? It had to have been pretty bad, if that was the root of his gynophobia.
As open and friendly as Guy was, there were a lot of things Claude didn't know about him. But that was all right. He liked being with his friend, and that was really what mattered right then.
"Sounds like you grew up kind of fast, huh?" he added, looking a little more somber now. "I guess it's not surprising, though. You're usually so calm about everything, while the average person would probably be freaking out over this same kind of stuff, you know?"
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Guy had mentioned living in Luke's family's mansion before, but he'd left out the servant part. "Oh, I didn't know you worked for his family," he said after a moment, a little regretful that he'd unintentionally brought Luke up yet again. But by this point, it was probably inevitable, wasn't it?
Still, that was an awful lot of responsibility for someone young to have, and it explained why he couldn't really think of anything specific he'd done to amuse himself when he was a kid. Had he been born into servitude, or had something else happened for him to wind up with a job like that at such a young age? Claude had no idea how social classes functioned on Auldrant, but Guy had made it sound like working as Peony's servant was his own choice. He wasn't sure if he ought to poke around at those details, though, and decided not to question all that too much for now.
It didn't really answer his question in terms of what a typical Auldrantian child did for fun, but he was already starting to get the sense that Guy was anything but typical. That certainly didn't make Claude think any less of Guy, but he couldn't help but feel a little concerned sometimes. He'd mentioned a traumatic event in his childhood, hadn't he? It had to have been pretty bad, if that was the root of his gynophobia.
As open and friendly as Guy was, there were a lot of things Claude didn't know about him. But that was all right. He liked being with his friend, and that was really what mattered right then.
"Sounds like you grew up kind of fast, huh?" he added, looking a little more somber now. "I guess it's not surprising, though. You're usually so calm about everything, while the average person would probably be freaking out over this same kind of stuff, you know?"