"Yeah." But like she said - what's the point in getting worked up over something that couldn't be changed? Hopefully, clues had been left to his whereabouts. If they'd actually stolen all his clothes in the process… Claude wouldn't assume that he'd just left, after all. No way in hell.

Cup about half-way empty, he gave into his curiosity. Maybe he weren't a journalist anymore as such but the inclination to search for facts had never left him. A personality trait, quite probably. "So, uh - Takarazuka?" Pronounced with a French accent, thus making the whole word sound incredibly weird. But hey, he tried! "I've never heard about that before."