[Claude's right in that any suggestions -- about anything, really -- would be swiped aside in his usual grumbly fashion. But now that they've made it over a short hill, and there's an impressive expanse of foothills, not very far from where they currently are. A cluster of young trees and trails lay on both sides and Felix, more or less, steers them both towards the thicker patch. No more jogging, though, so there's that.]
It's just a cave, Claude...
[And though he's more preoccupied with their semi-climbing and keeping balance, Felix realizes it's perhaps the first time he's ever said the other's name out loud and in his presence. It sounds weird in his own ears and tastes different on his tongue. Not necessarily bad -- just jarring enough to make him pause as he's stepping up onto a shelf of gravel and rock.]
...nothing there worth more than ten minutes' time, at best.
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It's just a cave, Claude...
[And though he's more preoccupied with their semi-climbing and keeping balance, Felix realizes it's perhaps the first time he's ever said the other's name out loud and in his presence. It sounds weird in his own ears and tastes different on his tongue. Not necessarily bad -- just jarring enough to make him pause as he's stepping up onto a shelf of gravel and rock.]
...nothing there worth more than ten minutes' time, at best.