[Claude shrugs--turnabout was fair play, he supposed. He didn't know this version of Edelgard, so he couldn't expect her to blindly trust that he was the same man who left on good terms in her version of events.]

I'll let your actions speak for your words. [He lets his arms cross behind his back, feeling the tension between them easing. They may not see eye to eye, but he sees no reason for her to attempt to meddle in his affairs. He had no stakes here, after all--and it's not like he had plans to go rampaging across the countryside.]

And my actions will speak for mine, though I fear you may find them less...ambitious than your lofty goals.