"And what's he wearing now?" Claude asks, amused. "I mean, maybe I'm just weird, but I usually don't carry an identical change of clothes around..."

He waves a hand dismissively, smiling. "Oh, I wouldn't expect anyone to accept responsibility for trouble I stir up for myself. The real question is whether our goals loosely align, as you say. So I wonder what it is your goals are here? Or what you think mine might be, that they could differ."