Now, now, sweetheart, no need to get all worked up. I'm not disparaging your brother. It's just that if such rumours are being spread about me, I'd like to know the exact nature of what they believe that I'm doing. I won't contest them if they're true -- I am, at my heart, an honest man. [ Claude plants his hand on his hip, tossing his head just so to make his curls catch the shine of the sun overhead. He knows exactly what he's doing, exactly what he looks like. Why not play it up? ]

Although not everyone is always in full possession of the truth. After all, I didn't believe my dearest Father could lie to me until it fell in my lap. Sometimes that's just how it goes.