[ Huh. Her face just did something funny there, didn't it? Claude shouldn't jump to any conclusions, but... well, he'll keep this in mind too. It seems like it might be fun. (God, he hopes it's fun. He hasn't been able to tease anyone about a crush in ages, but knowing his luck, their whole thing will be terribly fraught and not good fodder for ribbing at her at all.) ]

Jinx? Yeah, I've met her. I think she wanted to take a bite out of me.

[ He grins. ]

I think I managed to charm her, though. Or at least convinced her it wouldn't be worth her time. It's probably the second one, but do me a favour and allow me the delusion of my own charisma.

[ He sobers a little, then, because there's a story here. ]

Anyway... she did tell me that the only reason she came along to the diplomacy talks was out of loyalty to someone else. I didn't realize at the time that it was Silco. I never would've guessed.