[Lorenz has had quite a lot of stress since he'd arrived, for a number of reasons. Dedue... worries for him, for lack of a better term. Lorenz had never been a particularly robust man, and his health seems to have made little to no improvement in the five years since they were at the monastery. Of course, not all men are built to the constitution of himself or Grant, nor would Dedue expect him to be, but Lorenz is frightfully delicate.]

[But, well, the delicacy of Lorenz's constitution is perhaps a discussion for another day.]

Has Claude taken well to the change? He is, ah... somewhat harder to locate, now. [Because he's a four-inch speedy little spider, mostly. Dedue could've had him perched on his back and wouldn't have noticed his tiny body.]

Regardless, it will be good to have a respite from it all for a time.

[Besides, nothing terrible is likely to happen. A little mischief, perhaps, like Stephanie's, but that's hardly much more than a little embarrassment and some lost funds, which could be easily replaced. Goddess knows that Claude has enough of it, since he was willing to drop two million on a Dreepy.]