"No faith!" Claude laughs, as though he isn't about to get into a ton of trouble. "But sometimes being intelligent means knowing what gambles to take, not avoiding gambles altogether."

He rests his hands on his hips, looking at Dimitri with his head slightly cocked. "But you honestly can't follow me around too much or too closely, you know, or you're going to give me away. It's going to need to be at a respectable distance."