"The stories do say he's very handsome," Claude says with a smile, though he's just going by Lorenz's recounting of events of there being a King Khalid at all, having no such memory of it himself. When Lorenz's hand seeks out his own, he laces their fingers together like it's the most casual thing in the world.

"I'd like it if Ignatz did come. Art and culture's just as important as trade, I agree, and I bet he'd get a ton of inspiration. And it'd be great to bring along Teach, too--" He pauses, and 'corrects' himself-- "Er, Her Graceful Teachiness."