[ thanks you made me realize claude's tl was in fact not in the trial, but in a different post entirely. WHOOPS? whatever pretend he was there somewhere like idk vibing leave me alone. ]

—Oh.

[ There's more Alphinaud could say, but if she wants to set it aside, he won't press her into peaking more on it. So instead, he shakes his head. ]

I am come because I found myself famished, actually. 'Tis easy to forget with such arduous tasks set for us during the day.