Welp, Claire is kind of being a dick about this. Don't know when she turned into the kind of person who digs for negative gossip about someone she cares about without a second thought, who gets suspicious when someone she doesn't or barely knows says something about that same person without any real basis, who--
Wait, hang on, hang on, am I the only one feeling Dora vibes, here? Maybe it's just me, but Claire is acting somewhat similarly to how Dora used to with Marten at some points.
Also, ah, Renee. Is there anything you could possibly do to make me like you less? I begrudgingly admitted y'all might have a point about her controlling behavior with Brun, and shrugged with indifferent agreement when you said that her callous nature was reminiscent of Faye; but where's the excuse for her cheerfully wanting to pass on personal gossip that she, herself, admits is second-hand? Now she's just being an asshole for the sake of it, and I gotta say, I am really over her character.
In any case, if this is an attempt to bring Marten and Claire back into focus (which is fine) just in an attempt to stir up drama in a way that doesn't even seem in character, it's coming across as reeaaally ham-fisted.