[He returns the hug, rubbing a comforting hand between her shoulders before they part. Her happiness is infectious, and he's chuckling again, eyes crinkling with joy.] Trust me, it's giving me a lot of relief myself. It's enough to be faced with strange timelines where allies are now enemies, so I'm relieved that this is not the case.]

We did emerge victorious...[His smile falters for a moment, a small sigh escaping him.] ...but not without some other troubling event transpiring. I can tell you more about later it if you truly want to know, but I'm more interested to know what you have discovered about this world.

[But her hesitation at speaking about changes--he can only assume one thing.] You must be turning into another creature, then?

[Claude's curious about the process--curious what Petra could be turning to--but again with the hesitation. Perhaps it was not an comfortable thing to her. He lays a hand back on her shoulder, a comforting smile on his lips.] There are a few changes that I'll supposedly go through, but nothing like changing my whole physiology. It must be a...strange thing to deal with.