Good answer. [Claude grins. He has a feeling Shez is being sincere about that, so he'll just have to wait and see whether that sincerity translates to action.]

As for me... I'd say something stuffy like, "I have a duty to protect my homeland as a leader" or similar, but the truth is I would be tossing all my ambitions to oblivion if I just let it all slip away now. Plus, there's a promise I made someone.

[There's a lot in that answer he clearly isn't going to divulge, but he'll give Shez that much to ponder, at least.]

Besides, me and Yima don't see eye-to-eye, and probably never will. It's hard to trust someone on those terms.