[Accepting Claude's assistance getting back to his feet is perfectly natural when he's not huffing or sulking about things. It's all for show whether he'll admit it or not. Still having Claude lead makes sense... having Aerith insist she take up the back makes him feel a bit useless. Perhaps they'd have been better without him tagging along.
But he's never going to get better at the magics if he's never in a position to really stretch his understanding of it all.]
We both can.
[Directed at Aerith, trying to make it clear she doesn't need to baby him. But he still lets her fall in step behind him, keeping a hand on Darby's lead and an eye on Claude even as he tries to keep his magical senses extended somewhat, searching for the things Claude has said he recognized within the forest as well as any changes.]
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But he's never going to get better at the magics if he's never in a position to really stretch his understanding of it all.]
We both can.
[Directed at Aerith, trying to make it clear she doesn't need to baby him. But he still lets her fall in step behind him, keeping a hand on Darby's lead and an eye on Claude even as he tries to keep his magical senses extended somewhat, searching for the things Claude has said he recognized within the forest as well as any changes.]