Suddenly I Became A Princess - Tumblr Posts
Lily - *Speaking German*
Y/n - I know. I'm sorry.
Athy - You speak German?
Y/n - No. I just know the phrase, 'This is all your fault' in every language.
I think he could see that she was already terrified, and as such wouldn’t answer any of his questions. So he kneels down to at/just below her level so he wouldn’t intimidate her quite as badly. Though I’m not quite sure how well that works considering the very next thing Claude does is pick up Athy and then dump her into Felix’s arms lmao.

OH NOW THIS!!! THIS HERE!!!
I didn't notice it at first but Claude went from tilting her chin up to him while standing before he knelt to match her height, actually, a little lower than her height, effectively having her look down at him which must almost never happen except for Felix guarding him while he's sitting down.
He could have continued to intimidate her from above with his height but chose to stoop down to her instead and Idk about y'all but decided to kneel...and for what??? To intimidate her close up?? To see something?? *rips out hair*