[It's difficult for him to just let go of all the constant concerns or propriety and etiquette and simply exist. He usually needs to be goaded into it and if nothing else Claude is very good at getting under his skin. Even then a hand comes up to hide his laughter, stifling it through some misguided attempt to remain in perfect control of himself.
His genuine laughter is a fair bit more pleasant than the carefully cultivated laugh he allows himself in courtly circles. More of a breathy chuckle than the haughty thing he usually hides behind. So... yes. He is having fun.
Perhaps too much fun because now that he's a bit more accustomed to his center of gravity rotating on the opposite axis he's accustomed to he floats back from Claude, tapping his lip thoughtfully as he glances around to gauge the space.]
You want to know something, what are you trying to figure out about all of this?
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His genuine laughter is a fair bit more pleasant than the carefully cultivated laugh he allows himself in courtly circles. More of a breathy chuckle than the haughty thing he usually hides behind. So... yes. He is having fun.
Perhaps too much fun because now that he's a bit more accustomed to his center of gravity rotating on the opposite axis he's accustomed to he floats back from Claude, tapping his lip thoughtfully as he glances around to gauge the space.]
You want to know something, what are you trying to figure out about all of this?